problems extracting php-4.3.10.tar.gz

zosimus · 03-23-2005, 03:02 AM

when i try to open the tarball php-4.3.10.tar.gz using : tar -zxf php-4.3.10.tar.gz
i get the message :
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

any idea??

trevelluk · 03-23-2005, 04:18 AM

Sounds like you might have a corrupt archive there. What happens if you unzip and untar in two seperate stages, i.e.

gunzip php-4.3.10.tar.gz

tar -xf php-4.3.10.tar

You could try re-downloading the file (I'm assuming this is how you got it the first time).

zosimus · 03-24-2005, 04:33 AM

i downloaded the file again - same problem
i tried it on a previous version php-4.3.9.tar.gz - same problem

when usint the two stages way the gunzip went ok but the tar command gave me the same message (this does not look like a tar archive....)

trevelluk · 03-24-2005, 04:48 AM

OK, that seems odd. If you have access to KDE or Gnome, then can you open the file in a GUI archiving program? Also, can you post the full URL you got each file from. I'll see if I have any problems with either.

zosimus · 03-24-2005, 05:17 AM

ok.
downloaded the file from a different server - tar works fine now.

thanks.

trevelluk · 03-24-2005, 05:25 AM

That's good then. You might want to let an admin for the original server know that you had problems, and hopefully they'll be able to sort it out.