Extrect tar file

To extract a .tgz file with tar you need to use,

    tar -xvzf /path/to/yourfile.tgz

where,

• x for extract
• v for verbose
• z for gnuzip
• f for file, should come at last just before file name.

You can use the following command in a terminal to unzip the file in your case,

    tar -xvzf /media/towhid/Amra/Software/Developing\ Soft/mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.3.tgz
    

Extract a .tgz file in different directory:

One can use -C option to extract archive contents to a different directory as following,

   
   tar -xvzf /path/to/yourfile.tgz -C /path/where/to/extract/