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Title: corrupt tar file for gnuplot ...bad header
Post by: billy_other on April 18, 2004, 09:57:46 am

sl5600

hello  folks, trying to install gnuplot on a sl5600, but the tar file is corrupt. I downloaded gnuplot-3.7.1 for Zaurus, but keeping getting bad header err msg

Anyone got a working tar file or knows how to get round this problem

thks



billy

Title: corrupt tar file for gnuplot ...bad header
Post by: lardman on April 18, 2004, 10:00:03 am

Is it an ar archive?

Where did you get it from?

Si

Title: corrupt tar file for gnuplot ...bad header
Post by: billy_other on April 18, 2004, 10:03:16 am

hello lardman,

i was hoping you would reply  ...you helped when i first enquired if zaurus would run gnuplot!

 I down load it from http://www.geocities.com/john.cabrer/zaurus/ (http://www.geocities.com/john.cabrer/zaurus/)

thks

billy

Title: corrupt tar file for gnuplot ...bad header
Post by: lardman on April 18, 2004, 10:16:04 am

I just downloaded it and it works fine.

Check that your browser hasn\'t decompressed it or added an extra tar on the end.

Then it should work fine if you do:

# cd /
# tar -zxvf /path/to/file/gnuplot-3.7.1_arm.tar.gz


Si

Title: corrupt tar file for gnuplot ...bad header
Post by: billy_other on April 18, 2004, 10:29:09 am

hello lardman,

thks worked like a dream...forgot the \'z\' switch



billy