Madhu> I did... Madhu> 1. wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tgz
Madhu> 2. gunzip -c Python-2.4.1.tgz | tar xvf - Madhu> the above step errors: Madhu> -------- Madhu> tar: directory checksum error Madhu> gunzip: stdout: Broken pipe Madhu> -------- You can't use Sun's tar to unpack the tarfile. The directory structure is too deep. Get ahold of GNU tar instead. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list