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Adam Rubinson
4,286 PointsError: "tar: This does not look like a tar archive"
I believe I have saved a download of sqlite-autoconf-3200100.tar.gz to my newly created src/ file.
But when I try to run "tar -xfv sqlite-autoconf-3200100.tar.gz ", it comes up with the following error message:
"tar: This does not look like a tar archive gzip: standin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 Tar: error is not recoverable: exiting now"
It may (or may not) be helpful to know that I am using firefox on a windows machine.
2 Answers
Adam Rubinson
4,286 PointsFixed.
I used 2013 in the URL when I downloaded the file, but it should be 2017, not 2013
sqlite.org/2013/sqlite-autoconf-3200100.tar.gz incorrect
sqlite.org/2017/sqlite-autoconf-3200100.tar.gz correct
It works now!
nfs
35,526 PointsThanks, Adam Rubinson ...