Tar install

Here is a sweet command for all of your tar installing needs.

• sudo tar --directory=/opt -xv f <file>.tar.[bz2|gz]
• add the directory to your path: export PATH=$PATH:/opt/[package_name]/bin

From http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/37625/how-to-install-tar-bz-and-tar-bz2-packages