What is the difference between .msi and .tar?
- Extension
- .msi
- .tar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Other
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Jean-loup Gailly
- Description
- It is a file that store all information needed by the Windows Installer to install or uninstall a software. It contains all the requirements for efficient and flawless package installation on Windows OS.
- Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
- MIME Type
- application/x-ole-storage
- application/x-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar
- Wikipedia
- .msi on Wikipedia
- .tar on Wikipedia