I have a problem trying to install files with .tar.gz

I tried to install .tar.gz files in my computer through command line with the

and it gives me this error

How to resolve it

Are you able to view the contents of the file ? Since this file ends up with extension .gz. you can try unzipping (gunzip) it first.

To view the contents of the file

Now try to unzip the file as well

Above command should give you a "TAR ARCHIVE" in a result. See if it extracts the tar archive and now you can try extracting the tar package.

"v" flag will verbosely print the output and will show the error message during archive process, if there is one.

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