i downloaded a few games and other software that are in a tart.tar or .tgz zip file. the problem is when i got to the sheel and type in # tar -zxvf crimson-0.3.1.tar.tar it gives me tar (child):crimson-0.3.1: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child return status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors i have also tried to type in the # tar-zxvf as -xvfz and also without the "-". but it still does not want to work. i have placed the ziped files in usr/src. i do not know if that is a problem but if it is where should they go?? in the tmp because i have also tried that. maby im typing in something wrong but it still will not work nor will gunzip crimson-0.3.1.tar.tar I hope some one can enlighten me on this subject.

-xvzf for tar.gz files (whats that tar.tar?) -xvjf for tar.bz2 files -xvzf for tgz files

You will probably want to copy it to your home directory first as you wont be able to unpack it to /usr/src unless logged on as root.