[SOLVED] Ubuntu unable to unpack tar.bz2 to /usr/local

Issue

I wan to install boost_1_54_0 in my Ubuntu (10.0+ version). I download the package to /home/Downloas Then I try to follow the steps given in the official web of boost. href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html

I input the code

~/Downloads$ tar --bzip2 -xf /path/to/boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2

Then the error is:

tar (child): /path/to/boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

So I think maybe I should change the part "/path/to/", but I don't know which I should replace with.

There is a similar question Installing latest 1.44 boost library under ubuntu 10.04, however the guy there successfully finished the first step, which now I get stuck in!

Solution

You should change it to the path where you've actually put your bzip file.

/path/to is a meta directory, meant to indicate the path to where the given file is. So, for example, if you've put the file in your system tmp directory, you would use /tmp/boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2.

In the case where it's in /home/Downloads, that's what you'd use. Or, if you're actually in the directory where the file is, you can just use the file name without a path.

Answered By - paxdiablo

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (WPSolving Volunteer)