I cannot get forge to open!

by **thevisi0nary** » 22 Apr 2012, 22:17

I download the zipped rar folder but the only thing in it is a file that i cant open, please help?

the name of the file is

"forge-1.2.6.tar.bz2.tar"

by **timmermac** » 22 Apr 2012, 22:37

What are you using to unzip it? I would recommend WinRar... just bing search it, and it'll bring up a download site for it.

by **thevisi0nary** » 22 Apr 2012, 23:19

i have winrar, its the file inside the folder. After i extract it its an unrecognizeable file type.

by **friarsol** » 22 Apr 2012, 23:36

thevisi0nary wrote:i have winrar, its the file inside the folder. After i extract it its an unrecognizeable file type.

You may need to extract it twice, once from a tar.bz2 to a .tar and once from a .tar to a folder.

by **thevisi0nary** » 22 Apr 2012, 23:39

is there anything explaining how i do this?

by **Chris H.** » 23 Apr 2012, 01:11

thevisi0nary wrote:is there anything explaining how i do this?

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tar.bz2+windows+7&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/How_to_unpack_a_tar_file_in_windows