install error for xampp tar package

vipjag2 · 05-05-2009, 09:43 PM

I get this error when trying to install package to /opt directory
root@vipjag2-laptop:/home/vipjag2# tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz -C /opt
tar: xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
the tar package is located on my desktop in ubuntu intrepid. any ideas?

bathory · 05-06-2009, 12:07 AM

Quote:

tar: xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory

Since you're running tar as root it's not a permissions problem, so it looks like the file you want to extract is not in the current directory.

jdkaye · 05-06-2009, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vipjag2

I get this error when trying to install package to /opt directory
root@vipjag2-laptop:/home/vipjag2# tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz -C /opt
tar: xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
the tar package is located on my desktop in ubuntu intrepid. any ideas?

Bathory is correct. You must run tar from the same directory that your tarball is in or else provide the full path to that tarball. You ran the tar program from you home directory

Code:

/home/vipjag2/

but your tarball (according to what you wrote) is in

Code:

/home/vipjag2/Desktop/

So you need to run tar from that folder. That's your problem.
cheers,
jdk

billymayday · 05-06-2009, 12:29 AM

The order of options is important - make sure the f option preceeds the filename, so try

tar xvzf xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz -C /opt

vipjag2 · 05-08-2009, 08:58 AM

I got the tar package installed in the /opt directory but I get this error when I try to start lampp.

root@vipjag2-laptop:/home/vipjag2# /opt/lampp/lampp start
bash: /opt/lampp/lampp: No such file or directory

hpw do I change to the lampp directory to run start?
Thanks for your earlier help.

jdkaye · 05-08-2009, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vipjag2

how do I change the directory to the desktop to install tar package? Thanks for your earlier help.

In a terminal type:

Code:

cd /home/vipjag2/Desktop

then type

Code:

tar zxvf xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz

the follow the instructions of the tarball.
cheers,
jdk

bathory · 05-08-2009, 09:55 AM

What is the output of:

Code:

ls -l /opt/lampp

vipjag2 · 05-10-2009, 08:43 PM

bathory the output i get is:
root@vipjag2-laptop:/home/vipjag2# ls -l /opt/lampp
ls: cannot access /opt/lampp: No such file or directory

vipjag2 · 05-10-2009, 09:00 PM

bathory I changed to the /opt/lampp directory and found it was empty so I extracted the tarball to that directory and started the lampp file and it started this time! Thanks for everyone's help. Consider this thread solved.