Re: Extracting tar.gz file Error

It looks like the file may not have downloaded fully, or else your system may have gunzipped the file for you.

If you type "ls", do you see a file called "ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar"? If so, this means it was gunzipped for you, and therefore you only need to type:

> tar -xf ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar

If the "ls" shows that you do have a filed called "ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz" then there may be something wrong with it.

I just downloaded this file myself (by navigating my way to the file on the www.earthsystemgrid.org website and clicking on the word "download" next to the name).

I then typed:

ls -l ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz

which showed that the file is "77612720" bytes in size:

-rw-r--r--@ 1 haley CIT\Domain Users 77612720 Jan 13 14:56 ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz

I then typed:

> tar -zxf ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz

and it worked just fine.

--Mary

On Jan 13, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Ahmad Alyoubi <aalyoubi@mymail.mines.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install NCL/NCAR Graphics from a precompiled binary. The binary I chose is
> ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz since my OS is Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and it is a 64-bit OS.
>
> I followed the instructions in http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml. So, I tried to extract the file as follows:
> tar -zxf ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz
>
> However, it did not work and I got the following error message:
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Ahmad Alyoubi
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