How to install tar.gz file

Question

Trying to install Catlateral Damage using the usual extracting and installing commands on the terminal, but it keeps tossing me annoying errors. Probably missing something obvious. Both the archive and the file are on my desktop. Note: the file created by extracting the archive starts out named the same, but then switches to "Linux". I tried renaming it CatlateralDamage too.

rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ cd /home/rachael/desktop/catlateraldamage
bash: cd: /home/rachael/desktop/catlateraldamage: No such file or directory
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ cd /home/rachael/desktop/catlateral damage
bash: cd: /home/rachael/desktop/catlateral: No such file or directory
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ cd /home/rachael/desktop/catlateraldamage
bash: cd: /home/rachael/desktop/catlateraldamage: No such file or directory
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ cd /home/rachael/desktop/catlateraldamage_v4.1a_linux.tar.gz
bash: cd: /home/rachael/desktop/catlateraldamage_v4.1a_linux.tar.gz: No such file or directory
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ tar -xzf catlateraldamage_v4.1a_linux.tar.gz
tar (child): catlateraldamage_v4.1a_linux.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install catlateraldamage
[sudo] password for rachael: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package catlateraldamage
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ cd /home/rachael/desktop/linux 
bash: cd: /home/rachael/desktop/linux: No such file or directory
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ tar -zxvf CatlateralDamage_v4.1a_Linux.tar.gz
tar (child): CatlateralDamage_v4.1a_Linux.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
rachael@rachael-desktop:~$ 

Solution

Try these commands,

cd ~/Desktop
tar -xzvf CatlateralDamage_v4.1a_linux.tar.gz

Comments

[Avinash Raj]

what was the path to the catlateraldamage_v4.1a_linux.tar.gz file?

[user246603]

it's sitting on my desktop...?

[Avinash Raj]

D for desktop would be in caps.

[user246603]

no joy. same errors. this is where i got the file from: catlateraldamage.com/play click on the "linux" link for the tar.gz d'oh >.< didn't realize it's case-sensitive. now the tarball's unwound. what's next?

[user246603]

d'oh >.< didn't realize it's case-sensitive. now the tarball's unwound. what's next?

[Avinash Raj]

see askubuntu.com/questions/25961/…

[user246603]

well, now i'm in the Linux directory, but ./configure doesn't work. what am i missing?

[Avinash Raj]

if it was a directory then go inside it by using cd command,and then run ls command.

[user246603]

i did. the stupid comment box keeps reformatting it. it said "Catlateral Damage-v4.1a_Data", "Catlateral Damage-v4.1a.x86.64", "Catlateral Damage -v4.1a.x86", all on separate lines

[Avinash Raj]

where did you download that tar.gz file?

[user246603]

catlateraldamage.com/play click on the "linux" link

[Avinash Raj]

see askubuntu.com/questions/418088/…

[user246603]

that... did nothing that i can tell. "rachael@rachael-desktop:~/Desktop/Linux$ chmod u+x "Catlateral Damage - v4.1a.x86_64"

[user246603]

pastebin.com/Qreu5Ncb

[Avinash Raj]

ls -l command and also your ubuntu is 32 bit or 64 bit?

[user246603]

pastebin.com/6ECQ3jYn not entirely sure

[Avinash Raj]

what was the output of uname -m?

[user246603]

that would be i686

[Avinash Raj]

then run sudo chmod +x "Catlateral Damage - v4.1a.x86" and then ./"Catlateral Damage - v4.1a.x86"

[user246603]

gah. well, it worked and launched the game, unfortunately it then turned the screen black and i had to escape out of it to shut down all my other programs. now i don't know how to launch it again ;.;

[Avinash Raj]

go into the directory and then run ./"Catlateral Damage - v4.1a.x86".And don't forget to accept my answer.

[kiri]

@AvinashRaj: Please don't encourage users to post to pastebin or provide output in comments. The question should be edited instead to add more information.