code errors

FuLL-On-Newbie · 04-11-2003, 06:50 PM

All of the codes yous gave me for installing nvidia doesnt work! is it because im using yoper it might be completly diffrent from yours?
i finally gave up because no one answered a right answer well i done what people said and this happened The.File.name.tar.gz cannot open no such file or directory, a whole lot of other files that said the same thing popped up in the shell!

please help i need a guru to speak to me on msn please

erks90@hotmail.com

david_ross · 04-11-2003, 06:57 PM

Did you specify the full path to the file eg
/root/The.File.name.tar.gz
or
/home/you/The.File.name.tar.gz

FuLL-On-Newbie · 04-11-2003, 07:11 PM

So can what do i type instead? no i didnt do that i did "tar -xzvf The.File.Name.tar.gz

MasterC · 04-11-2003, 07:18 PM

I tried connecting to MSN, however the server seems down, If you'd like I'm on AOL at MasterCLQ

Anyway...

You need to either:
a) Be in the directory containing the tarball (tar.gz) OR
b) Add absolute path to your untar command:
tar xvzf /path/to/tarball.tar.gz

To be in the directory, or to see if the file is in the directory you are in, use the bash commands cd and ls to change directory and list files.

Cool

iceman47 · 04-11-2003, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MasterC

a) Be in the directory containing the tarball (tar.gz) OR

Make sure that directory is writeable(so no cdroms,ntfs partitions,...), otherwise you'll have to cp it to a directoy you can write to (like the home directory or /tmp)

MasterC · 04-11-2003, 07:42 PM

OR you can just use the "C" flag:
tar -xvzCf /path/to/tarball/tarball.tar.gz /path/to/extract/to..

OR
tar -xvzf /path/to/tarball -C /path/to/extract

Cool