hmm. it seems the tar.bz2 is corrupted. try downloading another file. On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 9:47 PM, sreehari p r <pr.sreehari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the error msg is > > bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; > perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows. > bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device > Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) > > It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. > You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. > > You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover > data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. > > tar: Child returned status 2 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > -- Sajjad Anwar http://geohackers.in http://fsugcalicut.org geohackers.in@xxxxxxxxx +91 9995 19 13 12