how to untar a '.tar.gz' ?

[chrisduck]

I've never 'untarred' a file before, outside of the directions that the gentoo installation manual gave me.

I'm trying to install a flash plugin for my firefox browser
macromedia's directions are here...
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/dow ... wave-flash

the zipped file downloaded into my user/home directory, and is called
install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

I don't know how to unzip this file, or how to unzip it so that it goes to the appropriate directory.

I've read the directions provided by gzip here...
http://www.gzip.org/#faq6

I've tried typing all kinds of things. I think that if I could learn how to do this, it would make the rest of my linux life easier.

thank you

[handsomepete]

I've never 'untarred' a file before, outside of the directions that the gentoo installation manual gave me.

I'm trying to install a flash plugin for my firefox browser
macromedia's directions are here...
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/dow ... wave-flash

the zipped file downloaded into my user/home directory, and is called
install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

I don't know how to unzip this file, or how to unzip it so that it goes to the appropriate directory.

Try 'tar xzvf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz' (no quotes) on for size. 'man tar' will give explanations of the switches as well as some examples.

[chrisduck]

I typed in that command, and it replied...

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

and now the command line is ready to take orders again.
I don't understand why it would not be gzip format. The file ends in .tar.gz

???

[Lokheed]

If you want to unpack a tar.gz you would enter

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tar -xzvf

If you want to unpack a tar.bz2

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tar -xjvf

And finally if you want to unpack a bz2

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bunzip2

[dkaplowitz]

I always do it with a "-" b4 the zxvf, so

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tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz

[chrisduck]

I typed in that command, and it replied...

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

and now the command line is ready to take orders again.
I don't understand why it would not be gzip format. The file ends in .tar.gz

???

when I typed in

tar -xvzf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

I got the response that I posted in the above quote.

[handsomepete]

I typed in that command, and it replied...

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

and now the command line is ready to take orders again.
I don't understand why it would not be gzip format. The file ends in .tar.gz

???

Will it not even unzip if you try 'gunzip filename.tar.gz'? Maybe it's corrupt. Just out of curiousity, why not use the ebuild?

[chrisduck]

I typed in that command, and it replied...

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

and now the command line is ready to take orders again.
I don't understand why it would not be gzip format. The file ends in .tar.gz

???

Will it not even unzip if you try 'gunzip filename.tar.gz'? Maybe it's corrupt. Just out of curiousity, why not use the ebuild?

I typed the command "gunzip filename"
and it responded...

not in gzip format

I'm not sure how an ebuild is used either... is there an ebuild that will solve my problem?

[John5788]

I'm trying to install a flash plugin for my firefox browser

do these commands

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# mkdir /etc/portage
# echo "net-www/netscape-flash ~x86" > /etc/portage/package.keywords
# emerge netscape-flash

portage is awesome, is it not?

[Deathwing00]

I typed in that command, and it replied...

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

and now the command line is ready to take orders again.
I don't understand why it would not be gzip format. The file ends in .tar.gz

???

Will it not even unzip if you try 'gunzip filename.tar.gz'? Maybe it's corrupt. Just out of curiousity, why not use the ebuild?

I typed the command "gunzip filename"
and it responded...

not in gzip format

I'm not sure how an ebuild is used either... is there an ebuild that will solve my problem?

These error messages are shown because the downloaded file is corrupted. BTW, use the above thread's solution.


Moved from Multimedia.

[Rafje]

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echo "net-www/netscape-flash ~x86" > /etc/portage/package.keywords

Eek! I blindly copy-pasted and executed this, only to realize just as I hit the Enter button, that there's only ">"... Now I lost all my original package.keywords.

You could've written

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echo "net-www/netscape-flash ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

to protect lazy bastards like me...

Cheers

[John5788]

oh i didnt know that u already had stuff in there. sry bout that

[Rafje]

oh i didnt know that u already had stuff in there. sry bout that

No problem. I did

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emerge -Davu world

then saw what it wanted to downgrade and put that back into my package.keywords.

[oberyno]

You can always add

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set -o noclobber

to your .bashrc or

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setopt  NO_clobber     

to your .zshrc.
With that set, trying a > on an existing file will return an error. If you really want to overwrite the file you can use >|.