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tar -jxvfcompat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.gz bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

please help

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    Help with what? The error message is in plain language: You told the system that you think it's a bzip2 file. It's not. – user535733 Oct 28 '17 at 19:04
  • Welcome to askubuntu! most files ending in .gz can be extracted with gunzip. If this is not your case, please [edit] your post with the output of file compat-wireless-3.6.8-1.tar.gz Thank you for helping us help you! – Elder Geek Oct 28 '17 at 19:54
  • I am unaware of any wireless problem on an up-to-date Ubuntu version that will be fixed by installing this rusty old antique. Please tell us the problem and what the device is and we'll be happy to help. – chili555 Oct 28 '17 at 20:06

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Try:

sudo tar -xvzf file.tar.gz
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