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
