not in gzip format

[leonli319]

I can't extract from tarball "virtualenv-X.X.tar.gz".
This is what I got:

$ tar xfvz virtualenv-X.X.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

[msabramo]

What tarball? Download from PyPI?

[pfmoore]

Did your download tool (browser?) notice the file was served as a gzip and automatically unzip it? IIRC some browsers used to do this.

[Ivoz]

Same command line invocation worked for me just now, using .tar.gz files from both github releases and pypi. Comment again if you're still having an issue.

[pramodsetlur]

I am unable to untar it using tar -zxvf or gunzip.

USHOLPSE2-ML:tmp pramod.setlur$ tar -xf virtualenv-X.X.tar.gz
tar: Unrecognized archive format
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

USHOLPSE2-ML:tmp pramod.setlur$ gunzip virtualenv-X.X.tar.gz
gunzip: virtualenv-X.X.tar.gz: not in gzip format
USHOLPSE2-ML:tmp pramod.setlur$

[Ivoz]

You probably need the zlib/gzip library installed.