Try using tar xvfj <tarfile.bz2 to decompress this file. You may have to install the bzip2 compression package. bBzip2 is basically 30% better than gzip for text files, while gzip is a little better than bzip2 for binaries. For text files, bzip2 will usually compress files up to 80%, where gzip only goes up to about 50%, so bz2 is basically better for sourcecode packages. HTH, Michael
