Vuescan Install Problem

[lurch]

For the first time I have an error message when trying to install Vuescan this time on Ubuntu Lynx instead of Debian Stable.

The file is
vuesca86.tgz

The code from the Vuescan home page is
tar xvf vuesca86.tgz --ungzip

The error message is
gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

I must be missing the obvious

[uteck]

I think you need to use this command to uncompress it ;
tar xzvf vuesca86.tgz

Or the file is corrupted.

[lurch]

Uteck - I substituted the code you suggested but got the same error message including with a newly downloaded file.

[uteck]

Perhaps;
gunzip vuesca86.tgz
then tar xvf whatever file is uncompressed from that.

If that fails, try "file vuesca86.tgz" to make sure it is a gzip file. Perhaps the extension is wrong and that is why it is failing?

[lurch]

You are right Uteck the file for download from Vuescan is corrupted.
file vuesca86.tgz
showed me the file is empty. I should have checked properties in the beginning which would have shown zero bytes.
Thank you.