tar -xzvf CGI.pm.tar.gz
failing that.. use cpan
perl -MCPAN -e shell;
install CGI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moon, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CGI Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: Help with Download
> I have downloaded http://stein.cshl.org/WWW/software/CGI/CGI.pm.tar.gz (to
> pc then ftp to Unix as binary to directory when I want to install ) but am
> not familiar with the tar processor... When I tried :
>
> SUN2>tar xvf *.tar
>
> got the following message ...
>
> tar: directory checksum error
>
> Please help with "tar" (and/or any other suggestions)
