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About TAR.BZ2
A .tar.bz2 (or .tbz2) is a TAR archive compressed with bzip2. It was the usual choice for source code releases before XZ and is still common in older software and datasets.
TAR.BZ2 is unfamiliar outside Unix and slow to create. TAR.BZ2 is smaller than TAR.GZ for the same files.
- Stands for
- bzip2-compressed TAR
- Type
- Compressed archive
- Compression
- Lossless (Burrows-Wheeler)
- Introduced
- 1996, by Julian Seward (bzip2)
- Opens in
- Linux, macOS Terminal, 7-Zip and most archive utilities
- Best for
- Source code tarballs and scientific data
- File extension
- .tar.bz2, .tbz2, .tbz, .tb2
- MIME type
- application/x-bzip-compressed-tar
Questions
How do I open a TAR.BZ2 file?
TAR.BZ2 opens in: Linux, macOS Terminal, 7-Zip and most archive utilities. If your device or app cannot open it, convert it to ZIP or 7Z above.
What can I convert TAR.BZ2 to?
ToAny converts TAR.BZ2 to ZIP, 7Z, TAR.GZ, TAR.XZ and TAR.
What can I convert to TAR.BZ2?
ToAny creates TAR.BZ2 files from ZIP, 7Z, RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ and TAR.XZ.
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