Unable to decompress samba-2.2.2.tar.gz

[Eelco Vriezekolk]

Tai Kee Leong wrote:


> [root at singa public]# gunzip samba-2.2.2.tar.gz | tar xfvzp
> samba-2.2.2.tar.gz


I guess the first 'gunzip' made you end up with a .tar file. Just doing
    tar xfv samba-2.2.2.tar
should work. If you still have a .gz file, then do
    tar xfvzp samba-2.2.2.tar.gz
The 'z' option already unzips the file; 'gunzip' unzips the file and removes 
the '.gz' extension, without producing any useful data on stdout to be piped 
into tar. What could have worked is
    zcat samba-2.2.tar.gz | tar xfvp -

Also, it is better not do unpack and compile software as 'root'. Just use 
your normal login, and become root only for the final 'make install'.


Hope this helps,
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