[OpenFOAM.com] Trouble Unpacking ThirdParty-v1712.tgz

kaaja · January 6, 2018, 01:25

Hi,

I have just updated my Ubuntu to 17.10.
I also wanted to upgrade openFoam.
I run from source.
I followed the instructions on https://www.openfoam.com/download/install-source.php:

Download OpenFOAM-v1712.tgz (md5sum: 6ad92df051f4d52c7d0ec34f4b8eb3bc)
Download ThirdParty-v1712.tgz (md5sum: c5662a79d4e997472a78b7cc6da98edd)

When I typed

Code:

tar -xzf ThirdParty-v1712.tgz

I got the error message

Code:

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Can anybody help?

kaaja · January 6, 2018, 02:16

When right-clicking on the file in the file browser, and choosing "extract here", it seems to work. What is the difference between these two methods?

olesen · January 12, 2018, 09:46

This sounds odd. I tried grabbing the url with wget - no problems.The 'right-click' in my browser prompts me for the same and I can save the file - also no problems. A normal click on the sourceforge link takes a few seconds while it finds the closest mirror and then pops up a prompt. After clicking this, it starts downloading. This takes a while, but eventually gets there and unpacked file.

My only guess is that you had an incomplete download the first time. This is where the md5sum can come in handy: md5sum ThirdParty-v1712.tgz and verify that you have the same value listed on the webpage.

January 6, 2018, 01:25	Trouble Unpacking ThirdParty-v1712.tgz	#1
kaaja Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 68 Rep Power: 9	Hi, I have just updated my Ubuntu to 17.10. I also wanted to upgrade openFoam. I run from source. I followed the instructions on https://www.openfoam.com/download/install-source.php: Download OpenFOAM-v1712.tgz (md5sum: 6ad92df051f4d52c7d0ec34f4b8eb3bc) Download ThirdParty-v1712.tgz (md5sum: c5662a79d4e997472a78b7cc6da98edd) When I typed Code: tar -xzf ThirdParty-v1712.tgz I got the error message Code: gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Can anybody help?

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January 6, 2018, 02:16		#2
kaaja Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 68 Rep Power: 9	When right-clicking on the file in the file browser, and choosing "extract here", it seems to work. What is the difference between these two methods?

January 12, 2018, 09:46		#3
olesen Senior Member Mark Olesen Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: https://olesenm.github.io/ Posts: 1,684 Rep Power: 40	This sounds odd. I tried grabbing the url with wget - no problems.The 'right-click' in my browser prompts me for the same and I can save the file - also no problems. A normal click on the sourceforge link takes a few seconds while it finds the closest mirror and then pops up a prompt. After clicking this, it starts downloading. This takes a while, but eventually gets there and unpacked file. My only guess is that you had an incomplete download the first time. This is where the md5sum can come in handy: md5sum ThirdParty-v1712.tgz and verify that you have the same value listed on the webpage.