What is the name of the file? Is is a zipped tar file (usually *.tgz or *.tar.gz) if it's zipped, try 'tar xzvf <filename>' Bryan Marlon Urias wrote: > > I downloaded a tar file an tried to unpack it and got this: > > % tar xvf uri.tar > tar: directory checksum error > > what's this mean? > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null