tar.gz files in RH8

[scribe4809]

I've read and read about them and how to untar them and installing the program but have had no success at all. I cant get broadband where i live so i have to use dial-up. Two Things : I'm trying to install pengAOL and always get this:

[root@localhost root]# tar xzf peng1.05.tar.gz
tar (child): peng1.05.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Do I need to specify the location of the file first and tell it to copy it to another location?

Does anyone know if there are any other programs besides pengAOL that i can get online. X-ISP???

[KarrottoP]

try "tar xvzf <location/of/file>" I am really bad with options but that is what I use and it works.

[kernel-phr34k]

no, you don't have to specify a location of the file. You can extract the file IN the same folder it's located in and install from there.

Try:

tar zxvf tar xzf peng1.05.tar.gz


That should do it for ya.. Now just cd into the folder and install.

[mdwatts]

Either the tar.gz does not exist in the directory you are currently in or the filename is incorrect.

cd /location/of/tar.gz

ls -al (verify the filename is correct)

tar zxvf filename.tar.gz

[edwinyee82]

i also have a problem with tar.gz files. I've been using tar xzvf bere and it works. But this time when i issue the command:

tar zxvf dhcp-xxxx.tar.gz

it' comes back with errors

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

so i issue command gunzip and i get errors

gunzip: dhcpxxxxxx.tar.gz: unexpected end of file

What am i doing wrong? what should i do?

[chrism01]

Could be a duff file. Try downloading a new copy
A) from the same site
B) from a different site

[edwinyee82]

Yeha i did that already. I download an older version and then the latest version. I don't understand.

[edwinyee82]

Yeah! i got it to untar. thanks for you respobse chrism01. I went to one of the FTP sites that had the file and downloaded it from there. I think isc.org file are bad. not sure but just a thought.

[doublec16]

I thought

tar xzvf

would only work on .tgz files, not .tar.gz files.

For tar.gz I always gunzip it first and then untar it.

[jglen490]

The "z" option in tar handles .gz files just fine.

[sharth]

tgz = tar.gz, its just shorter

[Icarus]

Just to add more to this...

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file

means that the file is incomplete, it's a partial download.
Many times I've downlead something and it doesn't get any data, just the name.