Need help downloading and uncompressing files?

No matter what you do on Drupal, sooner or later you’ll need to download, uncompress, and install packages in the GZip (.gz) format. If you know how to do that already, great! If not, here’s the step-by-step.

1. First, you have to download the file to the computer that hosts your Drupal installation.
   
   • On Windows, Mac, or any other system with a graphical user interface:
     
     • Click the package’s link in your browser. The file should start downloading immediately. If that doesn’t work, try clicking it with the right mouse button (Windows) or pressing the Control key while clicking (Mac) until you see a pop-up menu. Then, select “Save link as”.
   • On Unix and Unix-like operating systems:
     
     • Use the “cd” command to navigate to the directory where you want to download the file, then use one of the following commands:
       
       • wget filepath
       • curl -O filepath
2. Got the file? Good! Now you have to uncompress it.
   • On Mac:
     • Double-click it
   • On Windows:
     • Use a helper program, such as 7-Zip, or WinZip
   • On Unix and Unix-like operating systems:
     • Type “tar -xzvf filename”

In any case, the result is a folder full of files, usually with the same name as the downloaded package (minus the .gz). That’s the part you actually upload/install; in fact, you can throw away the .gz file now.