Re: Installation problem

[Curtis Maurand <curtis maurand com>]

its entirely possible that the tgz file is not gzipped.  Try opening the 
archive without the "z."  tar -xvf filename.  to test that theory you 
might try gzip -d <filename>

Curtis

On Thu, 1 May 2003, Ian Dixon wrote:

> I'm yet again in need of help.. I want to add my USB Zip250 drive and
> install the software which I've downloaded from iomega's website. Once
> downloaded I opened a terminal and su to root and issued the following
> command, which came from the iomega website on how to install;
> 
> [root localhost zippller]# tar xzvf "iwclcontainer-lnx-x86-10.tgz"
> 
> and got back -
> 
> tar (child): iwclcontainer-lnx-x86-10.tgz: 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
> [root localhost zippller]#
> 
> I have the downloaded file in my
> 
> file:/home/zippller/dlsoftware/iomega zip250 
> 
> So why do I get the reply cannot open, no such file or directory?
> Obviously I'm new to linux and struggling a little with these commands.
> I'm finding linux a little puzzling to say the least. 
> 
> Thank you for any help.
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
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