I was about to install Zookeeper in my local machine when I found out that the installer is in GZ format. Being a Windows user, I have to find my way on extracting the files without using Linux/Unix commands. I have 7-zip handy. You may also choose WinRar, GZip or other free extractor tool available.
Here are the steps I did to extract the Zookeeper installation files:
- Download the latest stable installer. As of this writing, http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.3.6/zookeeper-3.3.6.tar.gz is the most stable one.
- Right-click on the file downloaded on your file system. Select 7-Zip. Then Open Archive. The 7-Zip window will be opened as below.
- Click the Extract button. Then provide a Copy to folder. This will extract the TAR file in the folder provided.
- Double-click on the TAR file. This will display the contents of the TAR file as shown below.
- Select again the zookeeper-3.3.6 directory. This time, click the Copy button in the 7-zip buttons panel. You will be asked to enter a valid Copy to folder. Click OK when done.
Viola! All files will be extracted to the folder.
