Author Topic: corrupt tar file for gnuplot ...bad header (Read 2434 times)

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

lardman · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2004, 10:00:03 am »

Is it an ar archive?

Where did you get it from?

Si

billy_other · « **Reply #2 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/

thks

billy

lardman · « **Reply #3 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

billy_other · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2004, 10:29:09 am »

hello lardman,

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

billy

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Author Topic: corrupt tar file for gnuplot ...bad header (Read 2434 times)