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.

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