---
name: "Alien::Package::Tgz"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "alien"
version: "8.95.8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Alien::Package::Tgz"
---

# Alien::Package::Tgz(3pm)

an object that represents a tgz package

## NAME

Alien::Package::Tgz - an object that represents a tgz package

## DESCRIPTION

This is an object class that represents a tgz package, as used in Slackware.  It also allows conversion of raw tar files. It is derived from Alien::Package.

## CLASS DATA

- scripttrans

  Translation table between canoical script names and the names used in tgz's.

## METHODS

- checkfile

  Detect tgz files by their extension.

- install

  Install a tgz with installpkg. Pass in the filename of the tgz to install.

  installpkg (a slackware program) is used because I'm not sanguine about just untarring a tgz file. It might trash a system.

- scan

  Scan a tgz file for fields. Has to scan the filename for most of the information, since there is little useful metadata in the file itself.

- unpack

  Unpack tgz.

- prep

  Adds a populated install directory to the build tree.

- build

  Build a tgz.

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess \<joey@kitenet.net\>