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Old 07-05-2001, 11:56 PM   #1
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tar : checksum error in sun solaris


hi everybody!!
I'm trying to install majordomo in sun solaris (SunOS 5.7)...recently i've installed it in redhat linux successfully...but when i tried to untar the file majordomo-1.94.5.tar.gz with the command:

tar xvf majordomo-1.94.5.tar.gz

i got the error message:

tar : directory checksum error

how can i fix this?? any hints is welcome...THANKS!!
 
Old 07-06-2001, 03:27 AM   #2
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If you are getting checksum errors then it looks like you have a corrupt file. Try downloading it again.

cheers!

Jamie...
 
Old 07-06-2001, 04:41 PM   #3
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katana, you have a letter missing in your tar command. It should read:tar zxvf majordomo-1.94.5.tar.gz . Note I added a ' z '. The ' z ' tells tar to gunzip the file. ' x ' is for extract the files. ' v ' is for verbose. That means it prints out a lot of messages. ' f ' is to indicate that it should use the name following as the file to operate on.
 
Old 07-06-2001, 08:31 PM   #4
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Aha - Linuxcool - very good point!

However, the tar that comes with solaris doesn't support the z operator so you'll need to use
Code:
gzip -dc myfile.tar.gz | tar xvf -
to extract it instead.

HTH

Jamie...
 
Old 07-06-2001, 09:35 PM   #5
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Thnx Jamie. I thought about that hours later.
 
Old 07-07-2001, 12:54 AM   #6
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These guys are good.
 
Old 07-07-2001, 05:42 AM   #7
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Quote:
Originally posted by mcleodnine
These guys are good.
Dunno about Linuxcool but I've been guessing the answers...

Jamie...
 
Old 07-10-2001, 03:44 AM   #8
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you guys are good!!
my silly prob is solved...thanks a lot!!

suzana
 
  


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