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Linux download archive is a 'gzip' file but has an '.xz' suffix #1675

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ronohara opened this issue Sep 9, 2024 · 1 comment
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Linux download archive is a 'gzip' file but has an '.xz' suffix #1675

ronohara opened this issue Sep 9, 2024 · 1 comment
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ronohara commented Sep 9, 2024

Describe the bug
Linux download archive is a 'gzip' file but has an '.xz' suffix

To Reproduce

  1. wget -c https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/download/v4.19.5/Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz
  2. xz -d Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz
    xz: Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz: File format not recognised
  3. file Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz
    Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz: gzip compressed data, last modified: Wed Aug 28 22:05:27 2024, from Unix, original size modulo 2^32 11402240
    Expected behavior
    Expected to decompress the file resulting a tar file. Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar
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Platform:

  • Linux Mint 22 - Wilma
  • HP Spectre X360
  • Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.C

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Work around.

  1. mv Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.gz
  2. gunzip Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.gz
@ronohara ronohara added the Bug Something isn't working label Sep 9, 2024
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Work around.

1. mv Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.gz

Nope, simply untar the download:

tar -xvf Cake_Wallet_v4.19.5_Linux.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C /home/user/Cake-Wallet

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