unpacking dowloaded tarbell

GentooIsFun! · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 25

I downloaded a tar from the net but when i got to unpack it I get this

# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2

tar (child) stage?-*.tar.bz2: Cannot open : No such file or directory

I tried putting in the actual tar name and came up with the same thing

Boohbah · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:39 pm Post subject:

Where is the tarball located? If it's not in the current directory you have to give it a full directory path.

GentooIsFun! · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 25

I get
-bash: root@xzvf: command not found

Kihaji · Apprentice Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 230

GentooIsFun! · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 25

Got

-bash: syntax error near unexpected token '|'

Boohbah · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:07 am Post subject:

Where is your tarball located?
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GentooIsFun! · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 25

No clue, I followed the instructions on the PPC online install to a T

Seems like they leave out a few key details

cd /mnt/gentoo

Then went to lynx and downloaded the tarbell.

Boohbah · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:16 am Post subject:

so if you type 'ls' do you see the tarball?
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Never try to explain computers to a layman. It's easier to explain sex to a virgin.
-- Robert Heinlein

(Note, however, that virgins tend to know a lot about computers.)

GentooIsFun! · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 25

No but i restarted my comp and now all my crap is gone

Im gonna start over tommorow out at school so I can actully have the hnadbook in front of me instead of just running inbetweeb rooms with my laptop. Thanx for your help. Im sure you'll see me posting again tommorow

John5788 · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 5:04 am Post subject: