> > I have a default install of Mandrake 7.1 I downloaded a program > that I want to install in tar.gz format. KDE lets me view the > contents, but when I try to move these files to a new location for > installation, I get the following error: Maybe if you opened the tar file you could move them :-) Try: tar xvzf filename.tar.gz and see what happens. Cheers --- Larry