Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Can't extract tar.bz2 file

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Beans
    99

    Can't extract tar.bz2 file

    I made the following efforts to extract libdvdcss-1.4.3.tar.bz2 . It keeps insisting it isn't a tar. bz2 file. What in the world else would it be. How do I extract it?

    I really don't get how they could put complete instructions on how to compile without telling us exactly how to extract it!


    dora@dora-desktop-ubuntu:~$ tar xf libdvdcss-1.4.3.tar.bz2
    bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
    tar: Child returned status 2
    tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now


    dora@dora-desktop-ubuntu:~$ tar -xzf libdvdcss-1.4.3.tar.bz2
    gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
    tar: Child returned status 1
    tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now


    dora@dora-desktop-ubuntu:~$ tar -xvjf libdvdcss-1.4.3.tar.bz2
    bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
    tar: Child returned status 2
    tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
    dora@dora-desktop-ubuntu:~$

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Beans
    4,941

    Re: Can't extract tar.bz2 file

    You didn't tell us where you got that file from. Maybe your download is corrupt. I just tried with download from videolan and tar -xvjf works without problem. Also, you can just right click it and extract. I never remember these -xvjfwxy business.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Squidbilly-Land
    Beans
    Hidden!
    Distro
    Ubuntu

    Re: Can't extract tar.bz2 file

    x/l/c - extract/list/create
    v - verbose
    z/j - some sort of compression
    f - file ... the next argument that follows is a tar filename of some sort.

    Both of these are the same:
    Code:
    tar -xjvf somename.tar.bz2
    tar xjvf somename.tar.bz
    Same for
    Code:
    tar -xzvf somename.tar.gz
    tar xzvf somename.tgz
    Tack or without it (dash) don't matter. This is left over from the sysV or BSD differences in options.

    I don't think the extensions matter, since in Unix extensions are for humans. The computer doesn't care. It will use the "magic number" to determine the type of file. In user-land, we can use the 'file' command.

    Code:
    $ file somename.tar.bz2
    will show what a file is.
    Code:
    $ file The_Linux_Command_Line-William_Shotts.pdf
    The_Linux_Command_Line-William_Shotts.pdf: PDF document, version 1.5
    Simple, handy and correct.

    Not that there's anything wrong with getting the source code, but why not just use the APT repo version?
    Looks like there are a few packages. To find the package for your system, use
    Code:
    sudo apt search dvdcs
    restricted-extras and perhaps libdvdread4 and libdvdread8 are showing in the list returned here.

    Update: I used "dvdcs" because it was short, contained enough of the library. There is a special feel for how many characters to use when searching anything, including google.
    "dvd" would not have been sufficiently specific. Too general.
    "libdvdcss-1.4.3" would have been too specific and wouldn't likely find much on different OSes.
    Somewhere between those guesses, dvdcs, is easy for human to see, quickly review and decide what is likely the best choice in the results.
    Nothing magical about that. Just needs to be part of the package description, somewhere.
    Last edited by TheFu; July 30th, 2021 at 12:27 AM.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Beans
    99

    Re: Can't extract tar.bz2 file

    Get ready for it was an html file. I was supposed to go there to get the actual file. This in a list of the actual files, mind.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Beans
    3,232

    Re: Can't extract tar.bz2 file

    Code:
    sudo apt install unp
    unp libdvdcss-1.4.3.tar.bz2
    Unp is awesome and extracts all archives with a single command

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •