Is their any way to copy a tar on node and unzip to install software?

I need the answer only if you can show code example… If it is possible

I would need a bit more information first.

  • Where is the tar located?
  • Is it a zip file or tar.gz?

It is located on a share drive and it is tar. Gz

There are multiple cookbooks that provide options and without knowing more about your scenerio all I can do are link you to examples of a couple cookbooks implementaion to choose from: