.TAR.BZ2 File Extension

Compressed Tarball File

Developer The GNU Project
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What is a TAR.BZ2 file?

TAR archive compressed with the BZ2 compression algorithm; contains one or more compressed files; commonly used for Linux software package distributions.

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The BZ2 compression algorithm incorporates the Burrows-Wheeler compression algorithm as well as Run-Length Encoding (RLE) for high levels of compression. .TAR files are compressed using this algorithm much like .TAR.GZ files.

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Programs that open TAR.BZ2 files

Windows
File Viewer Plus  —  Get it from Microsoft
Free+
7-Zip
Free
PeaZip
Free
RARLAB WinRAR
Free Trial
Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe  —  Discontinued
Cygwin
Free
Mac
Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe Mac 16  —  Discontinued
Android
File Viewer for Android
Free+

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