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I'm a beginner in Linux.

I extracted a android-ndk-r8e-linux-x86.tar.bz2 in Downloads directory with a "Extract Here" context menu.

And I executed "ndk-build" command. Then I got an error message like below.

ndk-build arm-linux-androideabi.gcc : Command not found.

I found that file doesn't exist.

So, I extract manually in a terminal like below.

tar -xvjf android-ndk-r8e-linux-x86.tar.bz2.

Now, it works correctly, because arm-linux-androideabi.gcc file is correctly extracted.

Why does that difference occur?

Does a "Extract Here" context menu do invalid action, or do I misuse the tool?

Thanks for your answer, jackweirdy, Eliah Kagan.

But my problem is not about the path.

For example, "Extract Here" doesn't make a arm-linux-adnroideabi.gcc file. But "tar" make a arm-linux-androideabi.gcc file.

When I used "Extract Here", it extracted below files in the directory.

arm-linux-androideabi-addr2line
arm-linux-androideabi-c++filt
arm-linux-androideabi-cpp
arm-linux-androideabi-elfedit
arm-linux-androideabi-g++
arm-linux-androideabi-gcc-4.6.x-google
arm-linux-androideabi-gcov
arm-linux-androideabi-gdb
arm-linux-androideabi-gdbtui
arm-linux-androideabi-gprof
arm-linux-androideabi-readelf
arm-linux-androideabi-run
arm-linux-androideabi-size
arm-linux-androideabi-strings

But when I used "tar", it extracted below files in the directory.

arm-linux-androideabi-addr2line
arm-linux-androideabi-ar
arm-linux-androideabi-as
arm-linux-androideabi-c++
arm-linux-androideabi-c++filt
arm-linux-androideabi-cpp
arm-linux-androideabi-elfedit
arm-linux-androideabi-g++
arm-linux-androideabi-gcc
arm-linux-androideabi-gcc-4.6.x-google
arm-linux-androideabi-gcov
arm-linux-androideabi-gdb
arm-linux-androideabi-gdbtui
arm-linux-androideabi-gprof
arm-linux-androideabi-ld
arm-linux-androideabi-ld.bfd
arm-linux-androideabi-ld.gold
arm-linux-androideabi-nm
arm-linux-androideabi-objcopy
arm-linux-androideabi-objdump
arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib
arm-linux-androideabi-readelf
arm-linux-androideabi-run
arm-linux-androideabi-size
arm-linux-androideabi-strings
arm-linux-androideabi-strip

I can't understand why "Extract Here" can not extract all files.

Luis Alvarado
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lifeisforu
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  • The error ndk-build arm-linux-androideabi.gcc : Command not found. means you tried to run a command like "ndk-build arm-linux-androideabi.gcc", 'ndk-build arm-linux-androideabi.gcc', or ndk-build\ arm-linux-androideabi.gcc. If the spaces between words in a command are quoted (either by being contained in actual quotes, or being preceded by a backslash character), then the space will be taken as a letter in the command rather than as a separator. I'm not sure what ndk-build command you ran or how you ran it, but if you're running it manually you should do it without any quotes. – Eliah Kagan Mar 25 '13 at 15:40

1 Answers1

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Extract Here moves the files and folders of an archive into a new folder with the same name as the archive, for example, consider this archive:

archive.tar.gz:
 - foo/
    - foo1.png
    - foo2.jpg
 - bar.xml

"Extract Here" will create a new folder called "archive" and put foo, its contents and bar.xml within the archive folder, whereas running the tar command you posted would put those files in the current directory.

jackweirdy
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