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Linux Installer Error

I'm unable to install the Linux version and receive the following error:

    gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
    87+0 records in
    86+0 records out
    tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
    Error: extraction failed

This message indicates that the installer is corrupt or failed to fully download. Please try downloading again. Some common causes of this are:

  • The software was downloaded via FTP in TEXT format rather than BINARY format
  • The software was downloaded on Windows and WinSCP was used in the process (this program corrupts *.SH files by changing the text format!)
  • The program did not fully download

The recommended method of download is to use the command-line program wget: 

    wget http://www.papercut.com/anonftp/pub/pcng/current/pcng-setup-linux-i686.sh
    sh ./pcng-setup-linux-i686.sh

Categories: Errors

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