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Thunderstone
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install problems

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I keep coming up with the following errors while installing webinator 2.1 on
a sun machine. I am telneting in for the installation

www2: {4} % tar xvf webinator_tar
x install, 10800 bytes, 22 tape blocks
x widb.tar, 6006272 bytes, 11731 tape blocks
tar: directory checksum error

AND

Installing Webinator files
tar: webinator/.master/SYSOBJECTS.tbl: HELP - extract write error
Problem extracting tar file /export/home/myusername/public_html/widb.tar
into /ex
port/home/myusername/public_html
.. Aborting installation ...

Any suggestions



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install problems

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I assume you downloaded Webinator to your workstation then transferred it
to the server by ftp. You probably transferred in ASCII mode and mangled
the archive. Make sure you transfer it in binary mode.


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