[arch-general] Error for extract archive .tar

[Martin]

pacman -S flashplugin

or

yaourt / bauerbill / clyde / or whatever - S flashplugin-prerelease

On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:00:27 -0300, dario <darioslc at gmail.com> wrote:

> El mié, 12-01-2011 a las 00:57 -0500, arch-general-request at archlinux.org
> escribió:
>> > Hi! i have a problem for extract an archive .tar, because when write
>> > "tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz" i get the messenge:
>> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
>> > tar: Child returned status 1
>> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>> >
>> > i have installed tar and gzip, and would install 7zip, but i can't.
>> > What is the problem?
>> > Thank you very much
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dario
>> >
>> > PD: sorry my english, your understanding
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What's the output of "file archive.tar.gz" ?
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:23:55 +0530
>> From: Partha Chowdhury <partha at gmx.us>
>> To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general at archlinux.org>
>> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Error for extract archive .tar
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>> On 01/12/11 08:16, dario wrote:
>> > Hi! i have a problem for extract an archive .tar, because when write
>> > "tar -xzvf archive.tar.gz" i get the messenge:
>> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
>> > tar: Child returned status 1
>> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>> >
>> > i have installed tar and gzip, and would install 7zip, but i can't.
>> > What is the problem?
>> > Thank you very much
>> >
>> >
>> what does "file archive.tar.gz" show in terminal ? The file may be
>> damaged or corrupt.
>>
>>
>>
> If the file is corrupted, how to install flash player 10 for browser
> Opera? There any way to install it from console, for example with pacman
> or yaourt?
> Thanks
>