Re: [cobalt-users] (no subject)

[Robert Brownback <bobski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11 Apr 2001 19:49:41 +0000, web_design@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Okay, I'm trying to install htdig from a tarball, but I 
> can't even extract the files.  Every time I try, I get 
> the following error message.  I've downloaded the file 
> several times from different sources to make sure that 
> the file is good. Any ideas?
> 
> [admin admin]# gunzip -c ./htdig-3.1.5.tar.gz | tar xf -
> tar: Skipping to next header
>  incomplete literal tree
> 
> gunzip: ./htdig-3.1.5.tar.gz: invalid compressed data--
> format violated
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Try 
 
  tar -xzvf htdig-3.1.5.tar.gz

If you still get errors, try downloading from another source.