installing firefox 0.9

[Mel Seder]

--- The Edge of the Ice <jaaaarel-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:31:58 -0700 (PDT), Mel Seder <melseder-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > I think the second tar -xzvf should work?
> > Can anyone help by telling me what appears to be wrong?
> > 
> > [root at p3 data]# ls fire*
> > firefox-0.9.3-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz
> 
> ok
> 
> > [root at p3 data]# tar -xzvf firefox-0.9-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
> 
> That's not the file you see above.
> 
> > tar (child): firefox-0.9-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such
> file
> > or directory
> > tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > tar: Child returned status 2
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > [root at p3 data]# tar -xzvf firefox-0.9-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz
> > tar (child): firefox-0.9-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz: Cannot open:
> No
> 
> Neither is this.
> 
> > such file or directory
> > tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > tar: Child returned status 2
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> Either use bash's tab completion (or the equivalent in your shell of
> choice), or you can just "tar -xzvf fire*".  But read what tar tells
> you, and compare to what ls told you.  The filenames really don't
> match.

Ahhh, I see the .3 now thanks.  But now I have uid and gid problem as follows.
Any ideas on this new problem?

==============================================================================
> [root at p3 data]# tar -xzvf firefox-0.9.3-i686-linux-gtk2+xft-installer.tar.gz
firefox-installer/
firefox-installer/xpi/
firefox-installer/xpi/abe.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/abe.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/adt.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/adt.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/browser.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/browser.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232,
gid 2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/deflenus.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/deflenus.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232,
gid 2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/help.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/help.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/langenus.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/langenus.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232,
gid 2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/regus.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/regus.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/talkback.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/talkback.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232,
gid 2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/xpi/xpcom.xpi
tar: firefox-installer/xpi/xpcom.xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/config.ini
tar: firefox-installer/xpi: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid 2232:
Operation not permitted
tar: firefox-installer/config.ini: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/header.xpm
tar: firefox-installer/header.xpm: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/installer.ini
tar: firefox-installer/installer.ini: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/license.txt
tar: firefox-installer/license.txt: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/watermark.xpm
tar: firefox-installer/watermark.xpm: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid
2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/firefox-installer
tar: firefox-installer/firefox-installer: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232,
gid 2232: Operation not permitted
firefox-installer/firefox-installer-bin
tar: firefox-installer/firefox-installer-bin: Cannot change ownership to uid
2232, gid 2232: Operation not permitted
tar: firefox-installer: Cannot change ownership to uid 2232, gid 2232:
Operation not permitted
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
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