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tar -xvf is showing error
Hi,
When i am trying to untar a file for installation its showing an error like


tar -xvf te_agent__sparc.en_tar.gz
tar: directory checksum error
Please help me to solve this issue...........
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gz? don't you need to use gzip first then tar?
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Code:
 gzip -d te_agent__sparc.en_tar.gz


Code:
 tar -xvf te_agent__sparc.en_tar
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gzcat te_agent__sparc.en_tar.gz | tar xvf -
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gzcat te_agent__sparc.en_tar.gz | tar xvf -
very much so. considering the situation i think he/she needs to learn gzip first
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Is it needed to go to single user mode to install tripwire agent?
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different topic. but yes.
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