tar gzip file not recognized

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Richard Runyan
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tar gzip file not recognized

Post #1by Richard Runyan » 01.05.2003, 15:44

I am running Red Hat Linux 8.0 on an AMD-K7 processor on a Dragon mobo.

I downloaded the file celestia-1.3.0.tar.gz twice. Both times when I gunzip it, I get the following error message: "celestia-1.3.0.tar.gz is not a gzip format file." I have even tried to use WinZip 8.1 and get the same message when trying to view the file's contents (which should be celestia-1.3.0.tar :? ).

Has anyone else run into this problem?

If more info from me is needed, let me know and I will get back as soon as possible. Since I am a full-time college student and work full-time, please understand if it takes me awhile to get back.

thanks for any help
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Re: tar gzip file not recognized

Post #2by t00fri » 01.05.2003, 16:57

Richard Runyan wrote:I am running Red Hat Linux 8.0 on an AMD-K7 processor on a Dragon mobo.

I downloaded the file celestia-1.3.0.tar.gz twice. Both times when I gunzip it, I get the following error message: "celestia-1.3.0.tar.gz is not a gzip format file." I have even tried to use WinZip 8.1 and get the same message when trying to view the file's contents (which should be celestia-1.3.0.tar :? ).

Has anyone else run into this problem?

If more info from me is needed, let me know and I will get back as soon as possible. Since I am a full-time college student and work full-time, please understand if it takes me awhile to get back.

thanks for any help


Why don't you try wether the *.gz has at some point been unzipped (e.g. automatically by your browser)?

rename the file to celestia-1.3.0.tar and do

tar -xvf celestia-1.3.0.tar

see what you get...

Bye Fridger


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