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 To install the full directory structure with config file, run:
 
 ```
-sudo tar -C / -xvf ./telegraf-v0.10.2-1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+sudo tar -C / -xvf ./telegraf-0.10.2-1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
 ```
 
 To extract only the binary, run:
 
 ```
-tar -zxvf telegraf-v0.10.2-1_linux_amd64.tar.gz --strip-components=3 ./usr/bin/telegraf
+tar -zxvf telegraf-0.10.2-1_linux_amd64.tar.gz --strip-components=3 ./usr/bin/telegraf
 ```
 
 ### Ansible Role: