'tar -xvfz' is for .tar.gz archives. For .tar.bz2, you need to use 'tar -xvfj' or '-tar xvfI' (depending on which version of tar you have).
You should probably do this as root (or use sudo), instead of changing ownership. It should be left in /usr/src, because some other tasks may look for the kernel headers there. To remove the cached .deb files, do 'apt-get clean'. Bob On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 07:22:59PM -0600, Lute Mullenix wrote: > Hi, > > I am going after my first attempt to compile a kernel under Debian. As > suggested, I went to debian.org and found the 2.2.18 source, and apt-get > install(ed) it. It of course ended up in /usr/src as a .tar.gz2 file. I then > per instructions from docs on the CD of my original install, chown > /usr/local/src to my non-root acct. cd'd to it, but when I tried to tar > -xvfz /usr/src/kernel...tar.bz2 I was told that it couldn't decompress the > file. How do I get the source into /usr/local/src? > > On a somewhat related subject, I read in the docs a bit about .deb files > piling up. Should I go in and rm * the cache dir? Do I need them for > anything once the packages are installed? > > -- > >Lute< > Hey! It happens. Well it does... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S
