Looks like its working now, ended up putting it into another directory and chmod 777 'ing it. Tar was apparently up to date, just didn't like running in that directory it was in to start with.
Cheers all, nice to find a such helpful bunch of people. Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ook Sent: 01 May 2005 23:40 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Troubles installing hlds on FC3 I get this if I'm doing this on a fat32 drive, or if there is a permission issue on the directory I'm installing to. I ended up logging in as root and creating a directory for steam and giving root ownership of the directory. Then it worked. YMMV, as I'm running Slackware 10.0 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Townsend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 2:52 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] Troubles installing hlds on FC3 > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Hi > > Recently setup a fedora box to put some css game servers on. First time i > did it, it installed fine but i recently formatted the drive. Now when i > download the hldsupdatetool.bin and run steam from that, it tells me its > getting version 13 of the Steam HLDS Update Tool. > > Then it errors, something along the line of > > tar: option requires an argument -- C > Try `tar --help' for more information. > update failed, please run "tar xzUf LinuxHldsUpdateTool_13.pkg" to install > the latest steam binary, errno 115 "Operation now in progress" > > It leaves a .pkg file in root called LinuxHldsUpdateTool_13.pkg. It > instructs you to tar xzUF LinuxHldsUpdateTool_13.pkg and then run the > steam > update again. > > However when i do this i get the same error message as before. > > Any ideas or anyone had this before? > > Any hlep is greatly appreciated. > > Andy > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/2005 > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/2005 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
