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Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 7:41 pm
by frogfrog
Hi,
I just downloaded the files for version 1.18.2. Both of them can't be uncompressed. I used Ubuntu 24.04 with "tar xfz [filename]" and also tried to open them in Krusader. Any idea what might be wrong?
Re: Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 12:35 am
by Woodstock
Did you unGzip them before trying to unTar them?
Tar will refuse to work with them as gzip'd for size. Some versions of tar have gzip/ungzip built in, but you have to tell it to use it.
Re: Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 12:20 pm
by flojo
It would be nice if this could be fixed, it would save some wall clock for aging people.
Re: Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 3:04 pm
by frogfrog
Hi,
flojos hint did the trick. Thank you!
Since I had always used tar with the z option to deal with .tar.gz files it didn't come to my mind that I need to use gunzip separately. Especially when even Krusader would not like to open the .gz part. Any idea what's wrong with these files?
Re: Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 4:18 pm
by flojo
frogfrog wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 3:04 pm
Any idea what's wrong with these files?
It's a *.tar.gz.gz when it should be just *.tar.gz
This wouldn't be troublesome to me but the verification hash is _NOT_ for the file you download but the file inside the .gz, which of course is not what anyone should expect.
Re: Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 6:29 am
by BuffaloSlack
frogfrog wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 3:04 pm
Hi,
flojos hint did the trick. Thank you!
Since I had always used tar with the z option to deal with .tar.gz files it didn't come to my mind that I need to use gunzip separately. Especially when even Krusader would not like to open the .gz part. Any idea what's wrong with these files?
It's a old Firefox bug that causes some downloads to be double gzip'd on some websites. You can google "firefox bug 1470011" for more info.
Should really be some sort of sticky for the Linux forum for this and other common issues.
Re: Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:28 pm
by flojo
BuffaloSlack wrote: ↑Thu Dec 18, 2025 6:29 am
bug 1470011" for more info.
It seems to not be a bug of Firefox but the behavior of Chrome.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1470011
Re: Can't uncompress files for 1.18.2
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2025 6:47 pm
by frogfrog
Thanks for the information. That was the first time I had such issues with a download...