converting file to binary issue

markush · 11-18-2012, 10:30 AM

mh, it seems to be another format, not zipped not compressed. I don't know. Call the provider of this package.

Markus

carltonp · 11-18-2012, 02:17 PM

OK, guys one last thing before I call it quits. I've display the information in the vm.tar.z file that the following error message references. Can you please tell me if it can be fixed?

Quote:

[root@localhost Linux]# ./newfile.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...

gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format
/tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in compressed format

gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format
The included VM could not be uncompressed (GZIP/UNCOMPRESS). Please try to
download the installer again and make sure that you download using 'binary'
mode. Please do not attempt to install this currently downloaded copy.

Quote:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
/bin/gtar: Child returned status 1
/bin/gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

markush · 11-18-2012, 02:27 PM

The problem is that nobody knows what exactly the problem is. If the file is damaged or if it is simply in the wrong format.

Another problem is that you need the installer to install it, it doesn't help to simply uncompress (with which program ever) the data.
As I said above: call the provider of the software, explain your problem to them and hear what they say.

Markus

carltonp · 11-18-2012, 02:29 PM

Hi Markush

I did a search on this site to find out if anyone else had similar issue. Found someone here

http://itsfoss.com/how-solve-stdin-gzip-format/

The following was suggested:

Quote:

Reason: Reason for the error is quite evident. The file is not a gzipped file but a POSIX tar archive file. Which means it was not zipped at all but instead it was compressed using tar. It was simply renamed afterwards.

Solution: Since it was not a a gizzped file, a simple tar is able to extract the file:

tar xvf MyFile.tar.gz

markush · 11-18-2012, 02:39 PM

Yes, I thought something similar, go to /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/ and execute

Code:

tar xf vm.tar.Z

Markus

schneidz · 11-18-2012, 03:08 PM

in posts #'s 84 and 99 i told you to run the file command to know what type of file it is. if you did that you wouldve saved yourself a little headache.

carltonp · 11-19-2012, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

Yes, I thought something similar, go to /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/ and execute

Code:

tar xf vm.tar.Z

Markus

I ran the command and got the following:

Code:

[root@localhost resource]# tar xf vm.tar.Z
stdin: not in compressed format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
[root@localhost resource]#

carltonp · 11-19-2012, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

in posts #'s 84 and 99 i told you to run the file command to know what type of file it is. if you did that you wouldve saved yourself a little headache.

OK schneidz,

I ran the commands as you suggested, please see the following:

Quote:

[root@localhost /]# file /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z
/tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: data
[root@localhost /]# zcat /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z > vm.tar

gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format

carltonp · 11-19-2012, 04:41 PM

schneidz,

I noticed that each time I run the command you suggested the install.dir changes. For example, the last post it was install.dir.4004. After the running the ./newfile.bin the directory changed to install.dir.4497, see below. Is there any suggestion why?

Quote:

[root@localhost Linux]# ./newfile.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...

gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4497/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format
/tmp/install.dir.4497/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in compressed format

gzip: /tmp/install.dir.4497/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: not in gzip format
The included VM could not be uncompressed (GZIP/UNCOMPRESS). Please try to
download the installer again and make sure that you download using 'binary'
mode. Please do not attempt to install this currently downloaded copy.

schneidz · 11-20-2012, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carltonp

schneidz,

I noticed that each time I run the command you suggested the install.dir changes. For example, the last post it was install.dir.4004. After the running the ./newfile.bin the directory changed to install.dir.4497, see below. Is there any suggestion why?

without seeing the code, i would assume that the programmer wrote it so that the random temp directory name would be generated from the pid (process id) ?

the normal way to install programs is thru the package manager (so that things like dependencies are automatically handled). the author of this software seems to have many bugs in it.

seems like your pc is unable to determine the file type of vm.tar.Z

Quote:

Originally Posted by carltonp

[root@localhost /]# file /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z
/tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: data

you can try running:

Code:

which uncompress
uncompress /tmp/install.dir.4004/Linux/resource

but it probably wont work.

have you had any luck contacting the creator of this installer; maybe you can look in the software repositories for a suitable replacement for a network monitoring program.