n00b tar questionForum: Other Help Topics Topic: n00b tar question started by: wildcard Posted by wildcard on Dec. 28 2004,21:03
I've downloaded 3 tar.gz files. I downloaded a tar.gz file from the dsl repiratory (cdparanoia) and I'm wondering where the files go when I untar them. I've been a Windows user for about 10 years and recently have gotten very interested in Linux, especially DSL. I know that a tar file is very similar to a zip file in Windows. I'm wanting to know if it creates it's own folder, or if it's put in an already existing folder. Either way I need to know where the untarred files would be located. Thank you.--WC Posted by tronik on Dec. 28 2004,21:18
well, two things here..the stuff you download from the myDSL repository are DSL's meant to be used with the myDSL control panel on the desktop, or with the mydsl cli program to install programs... the other, a tar file (in this respect) is essentially just an archive that basically puts a lot of files into one for easy portability (until you compress it, .tar.gz or .tgz) and this compresses it, in essence like zip... during untarring if you run tar with the -v command (ie. tar -zxvf file.tar.gz) it will show you where everything goes. -v is verbose. if you're untarring an uncompresses tar file do not use -z, just use -xvf (x=extract v=verbose f=use this file) basically, a tar file will do whatever you tell it to, or whatever the original packager intended for it. you can try tar --help for more detailed tar options, or i guess ask here. Posted by wildcard on Dec. 28 2004,22:07
I tried this and this is what i got:dsl@box:~$ tar -zxvf zc193a4l.tgz.gz tar(child):zc193a4l.tgz.gz: Can not open; no such file or directory tar(child):Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar:child returned status 2 tar:Error exit is delayed from previous errors O.o? Like I said, I'm a n00b. I tried this w/out putting the file on my hard drive off of the usb stick. I got this error, so I copied the file into /opt and tried again. I got the same error. This is really bothering me that something that should be so simple is so difficult to me. Edit: Okay, I realize now that it's a tgz.gz. What is this? And is there a way to use this in DSL? If so, how to I use it? I'm suppose to be beta testing this in Linux, but I can't get it to work in Linux and I've got to report back in saying I've got it loaded tomorrow before 8. Help please? Posted by clacker on Dec. 28 2004,23:58
wildacrd, trymydsl-load somename.tar.gz or mydsl-load somename.dsl from the command line (a bash shell, in other words) or open up emelfm, navigate to your file, select it (one click only) and then hit the MyDSL button to load the extension. Posted by wildcard on Dec. 29 2004,02:10
Okay, I've tried that claker, and it doesn't work. The screen gives a sudden blink like a file was loaded, but nothing is there.
Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 29 2004,04:12
Try this:gunzip zc193a4l.tgz.gz followed by: tar -zxvf zc193a4l.tgz Note the missing ".gz" in the second commandline. Posted by wildcard on Dec. 29 2004,04:48
When I tried the gunzip zc193a4l.tgz.gz command I got:gunzip:zc193a4l.tgz.gz: No such file or directory any more suggestions anyone? Posted by henk1955 on Dec. 29 2004,08:21
make sure you are in the directory the zc193a4l.tgz.gz file is or type the fullpathname.
Posted by clacker on Dec. 29 2004,13:00
wildcard, flashing is what most dsl's do to my screen when they load. To me it means they've loaded. You need to either right click on an open part of the screen and choose myDSL->Dekagen from the pop-up menu or read the .info file that was next to the download in the repository:
Posted by wildcard on Dec. 29 2004,23:25
Okay, I got it fixed, thanks guys, but now I have another problem. When I click to load it in elfm i get:./zelda-l: error while unloading shared libraries: libXxf86vm. so.1: can not open shared object file: No such file or directory. This one goes way beyond my knowledge, so if anyone could help with this, please do. Posted by clacker on Dec. 30 2004,00:23
wildcard, you're being very vague. Are you trying to load something from the mydsl repository or some file that some one gave you? What is the file supposed to be? What is the file extension (tar, tgz, tar.gz)? Is it source code or an executable? Were you trying to run this uncompressed thing when the error occured, or did it happen in emelfm? Did you single click or double click on the file?
Posted by wildcard on Dec. 30 2004,03:12
I'll answer as many of those as I know for sure. Okay, I've already gotten the file untarred, I was just typing the file name in wrong *is embarassed*. Now, the file is an original zelda clone that I'm beta testing for Armageddon Games. It's an excutable. It happened in emelfm and I've tried single clicking and clicking myDSL, waited for the blink and nothing was loaded. I tried double-clicking, and I get the libXxf86vm.so.1 error. I've learned that this file is in someway related to Xfree86. I downloaded the beta test of the Xfree86 and I'm about to try that, I don't mind the possible system corruption for am well learned in the art of hardware. It's just learning Linux and the way it works and such is what gets me. Sorry for being so vauge.
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