1. cd /AIX NOTE: you want to be at the same directory level which contains the install.bin file 2. tar -xvf 84939-370-000.tar Example: cd /download/AIX ls -l install.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 53473774 Sep 09 19:29 install.bin tar -xvf ../84939-370-000.tar