Unable to extract "tar.gz" file

Riddick · 08-27-2005, 04:13 PM

I can't extract this, so I was wonding if you guys would try for me:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/m...ar.gz?download

Thanks,
Riddick

mherring02 · 08-27-2005, 04:17 PM

gunzip <filename>
tar -xvf <newfilename> (the one created by guzip)

Where is your issue occuring?

slackie1000 · 08-27-2005, 04:17 PM

hi there,

... hum .. .. got from Paris mirror..
extracted flawless..
regards,
slackie1000

Riddick · 08-27-2005, 04:23 PM

The console mode worked fine, thanks.

Ark is giving me the error:
"An Error occurred when trying to open the archive"

I can't think why. Does ark do it fine for you guys?

Thanks for the fast replies,
Riddick

mherring02 · 08-27-2005, 04:31 PM

Dont know about Ark--is it supposed to open tar files only or tar.*z files.
When you unzip at the command line, are you running as root?

spooon · 08-27-2005, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mherring02
gunzip <filename>
tar -xvf <newfilename> (the one created by guzip)

I want to note that the above can be accomplished with:

Code:

gunzip -c <filename> | tar -xvf -

and for GNU versions of tar, you can just do:

Code:

tar -xzvf <filename>

Riddick · 08-27-2005, 04:57 PM

No, I'm not running as root, and it unzips fine