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Recently I encountered a problem while trying to install Quantum Espresso 5.2.0, a Linux-based software, in Ubuntu 14.04. The source was a compressed tar.gz file. I typed the following command to extract the files contained in it : 

tar - zxvf espresso-5.2.0.tar.gz

But the Terminal showed the following message :

tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.

I followed the suggestions but couldn’t solve the problem. Could anybody help me with this?

sourav c.
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Binod
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Use man tar for more information, the command should be like this :

tar -zxvf espresso-5.2.0.tar.gz

No space between - and zxvf

For more details.

Ravan
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