[ncl-install] Extracting tar.gz file Error

[Ahmad Alyoubi]

Hello,

I am trying to install NCL/NCAR Graphics from a precompiled binary. The
binary I chose is
ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz since my OS is
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and it is a 64-bit OS.

I followed the instructions in
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Download/install.shtml. So, I tried to extract the
file as follows:
tar -zxf ncl_ncarg-6.1.2.Linux_Debian6.0_x86_64_nodap_gcc445.tar.gz

However, it did not work and I got the following error message:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now


Please advise.

Thank you very much in advance.

Regards,
Ahmad Alyoubi
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.ucar.edu/pipermail/ncl-install/attachments/20140113/44895962/attachment.html