I stumbled on this problem today after a fresh install of Xubuntu 14.04 32 bit.
For some reason, kolAflash's workaround is not working for me...

My investigation led me to /usr/share/php/Archive/Tar.php. This script
was unable to open tgz files because line 733 was returning "false" when
checking for the existence of function gzopen.

With this information, Google showed me a 5 year old bug (still open)
that may be related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/451405

I really really had to install some pear packages, so my solution was to 
replace the following in Tar.php:
- Lines 733 and 744 - Replace gzopen with gzopen64
- Line 888: Replace gzseek with gzseek64 and gztell with gztell64

This is not a solution but it may help find the solution (or maybe fix
the 5 year old's bug?).

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310552

Title:
  could not extract the package.xml file from
  "/build/buildd/php5-5.5.9+dfsg/pear-build-download/packagename.tgz"

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1310552/+subscriptions

-- 
Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list
Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: 
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs

Reply via email to