[vox-tech] Problem with extracting in terminal

[Cam Ellison]

Anahita Yazdi wrote:
> I have downloaded a package that I need to extract it on my desktop. I 
> used terminal command tar zxvf filename.tar.gz to do so, however this 
> is the error I keep getting:
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
It's not a "proper" gzip file, regardless what the name is.  It may be  
a gzip file, but corrupted.  Do you use Midnight Commander, and if so, 
what do you see when you try to view the file?

HTH

Cam