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Notes on Python, Django, and web development on Ubuntu Linux

Date: April 21, 2011 | Tags: keyboard, linux

The -L option is the key. It allows curl to redirect to the next URL. Here's how to download a tarball from github and untar it inline:

$ curl -L https://github.com/pinard/Pymacs/tarball/v0.24-beta2 | tar zx

Alternatively, using wget:

$ wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/pinard/Pymacs/tarball/v0.24-beta2 -O - | tar xz


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