untar gzip file problem

jmr0311 · 09-12-2004, 04:22 PM

I have a problem trying to untar this file:
firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz

this is the error I'm getting:

Quote:

[root@localhost jmr0311]# tar -xzf /tmp/firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
[root@localhost jmr0311]#

Javi

CoolAJ86 · 09-12-2004, 04:40 PM

Perhaps the download is currupt or incomplete. Have you tried downloading it a second time?

Check the md5 on your file against the one on the site you downloaded from.
$ md5sum firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz

fphillips · 09-12-2004, 04:46 PM

Sounds like your download is corrupted or the package was built wrong. Try a tar xjf.

If you give me the link, we can compare md5sums.

If this is a nightly build, I would suggest grabbing a newer one.

PBSchmidt · 09-12-2004, 04:54 PM

Or maybe the server un-gz-ed it on the fly. Try

file firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz

on it. Maybe it has become only .tar but not .tar.gz (that's what hapened to me when I was noob

)

HTH, Peter

jmr0311 · 09-12-2004, 05:13 PM

Thank you guys for the replies:

To your question fphillips;
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o...ly/latest-0.9/
and yes, it is a nightly for firefox the latest one.

To your question CoolAJ86;
Yes, I did download the file for the second time, this time to my /home/ directory but I'm still getting the same error.

To your reply PBSchmidt:
This is what you recommend, run the extraction of the file like this tar -xzf /tmp/file firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz

Javi

fphillips · 09-12-2004, 05:22 PM

Quote:

file firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz

That's the whole command. 'file' is a command to test for filetype.
Although, doesn't seem much use here: just says 'data'.

I tried the link and get the same results. Here's the checksum:

Code:

oscar0:~# md5sum /tmp/firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-1.tar.gz                     
380b3eebb8e4526e782097391d3ba6b0  /tmp/firefox-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-1.tar.gz

This archive is broken I believe. It doesn't respond to gzip,bzip, or plain tar.

fphillips · 09-12-2004, 05:26 PM

heh, just looked at it in ghex2. It's blank. 8 megs worth.

jmr0311 · 09-12-2004, 05:29 PM

Thank you fphillips, I got the same checksum. I also think that there is a problem in the Firefox end with that file, maybe corrupted or broke like you said. I also try all sorts of combination with no success.

Javi

PS.
What is that instruction you just run, could you explained to me, please.

fphillips · 09-12-2004, 05:32 PM

ghex2 <filename>
It's a gnome app. There's also hexdump, command-line only.

This is what's called a sparse file I think. They can be created w/ the dd command, filled with nothing but zeroes. What a cruel trick.