# Weird issue: unable to extract fmod engine linux package 2.02.16 to 2.02.14 on fedora linux 38 **URL:** \ **Category:** FMOD Engine\ **Created:** [August 12, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536 "2023-08-12T14:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pattakosn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pattakosn/32/5410_2.png) [@pattakosn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pattakosn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/1 "2023-08-12T14:29:17Z")
Hi there, i downloaded the fmod engine linux package and I am trying to extract it so as to use it in a project which already uses fmod on window. However I have a very strange issue: i am unable to extract the files. I tried via the gnome files and via the command line but i can not. Any feedback is more than welcome. edit: i am not able to decompress 2.02.16, 2.02.15, 2.02.14 but I decompressed 2.02.12 and 2.02.13, could it be a release issue? i guess it is unlikely that I would be the first to report a broken package! ---
**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/2 "2023-08-14T02:09:14Z")
Hi, Unfortunately, I was not able to reproduce the issue on Fedora 38 and was able to successfully extract the Linux engine. What happens when you try to extract the file? Are there any logs or more information about why it is failing? ---
**Author:** ![pattakosn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pattakosn/32/5410_2.png) [@pattakosn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pattakosn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/3 "2023-09-22T21:33:52Z")
Hi, i am sorry for the late reply, i haven’t looked into it since august. I get a very strange behavior that has never happened to me before. I extract the archive and i get again the same archive. either via the gnome UI using the mouse either from the the terminal with tar -xf fmod.tar.gz it just doesn’t uncompres/extract. i just tested 2.02.17 as well ---
**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/4 "2023-09-25T00:23:09Z")
Hi, Could you try the following: 1. Download the Linux install 2. Extract the Download `fmodstudio20217linux.tar.gz` 3. Extract the created file `fmodstudio20217linux (1).tar.gz` Let me know if this extracts the api correctly. ---
**Author:** ![pattakosn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pattakosn/32/5410_2.png) [@pattakosn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pattakosn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/5 "2023-10-13T21:01:33Z")
Hi, 2.0.18 extract as expected. Here is what happens if i try to extract 2.0.17 ```auto pattakosn@fedora 22:59:47 ~/ASD : ls fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz pattakosn@fedora 22:59:47 ~/ASD : gunzip fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz pattakosn@fedora 22:59:55 ~/ASD : ls fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar pattakosn@fedora 22:59:56 ~/ASD : tar -xf fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar pattakosn@fedora 22:59:59 ~/ASD : ls fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz pattakosn@fedora 23:00:00 ~/ASD : ls -lh total 143M -rw-r--r--. 1 pattakosn pattakosn 72M Oct 13 22:59 fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar -rw-r--r--. 1 pattakosn pattakosn 72M Aug 20 13:36 fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz ``` ---
**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/6 "2023-10-16T21:52:07Z")
Hi, Could you try running `gunzip` on the `fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar` file, the engine files should be held within there. ---
**Author:** ![pattakosn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pattakosn/32/5410_2.png) [@pattakosn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pattakosn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/7 "2023-10-21T20:17:16Z")
I do not understand what you want me to try. ---
**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/8 "2023-10-29T21:27:26Z")
Hi, Apologies for the delayed response. In the example, you extract the files from `fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz` which returns `fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar`. Could you please try extracting from `fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar` and let me know if the engine files are extracted? ---
**Author:** ![pattakosn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pattakosn/32/5410_2.png) [@pattakosn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pattakosn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/9 "2024-06-09T08:20:39Z")
Hi again. I tried again after a long time to download and use fmod on linux and again i am having weird issues. i downloaded these 3 versions using fedora and tried to extract them: ```auto pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:05 ls -l total 218656 -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74601268 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74636525 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20218linux.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74661078 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:08 gunzip fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:15 gunzip fmodstudioapi20218linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:19 gunzip fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:23 ls -l total 219656 -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74945024 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74974720 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20218linux.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74999296 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:24 tar -xvf fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:45 tar -xvf fmodstudioapi20218linux.tar fmodstudioapi20218linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:51 tar -xvf fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'LIBARCHIVE.creationtime' fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:00:55 ls -l total 439300 -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74945024 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74943274 Aug 20 2023 fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74974720 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20218linux.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74972973 Sep 28 2023 fmodstudioapi20218linux.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74999296 Jun 9 09:59 fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74996394 May 5 13:22 fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux (cmake) 10:01:01 gunzip fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar gzip: fmodstudioapi20217linux.tar: unknown suffix -- ignored ``` i then tried downloading using chrome and i got this: ```auto pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux/asd (cmake) 10:12:19 ls -l total 72912 -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74661078 Jun 9 10:03 fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux/asd (cmake) 10:12:23 tar -xf fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'LIBARCHIVE.creationtime' pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux/asd (cmake) 10:12:39 ls fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz pattakosn@jimarch:~/linux/asd (cmake) 10:12:40 ls -l total 73240 -rw-r--r-- 1 pattakosn pattakosn 74996394 May 5 13:22 fmodstudioapi20222linux.tar.gz ``` this time i am on a arch system, not that it should matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![pattakosn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pattakosn/32/5410_2.png) [@pattakosn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pattakosn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 7:44am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/10 "2024-06-10T07:44:09Z")
I just tried on a windows machine, i downloaded the latest linux stable archive and i tried to extract it with winrar, instead of getting a folder with the archive contents, i get a folder with yet an tar.gz file that i simply can not extract ---
**Author:** ![pattakosn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pattakosn/32/5410_2.png) [@pattakosn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pattakosn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/11 "2024-06-10T13:46:38Z")
I tried again on a windows system using winrar and 7z . extracting the downloaded tar.gz file results in yet another tar.gz file which can be extracted albeit with errors. I will go on to compile my project with them and see if it works. What is certain is that your packages are wrongly made, i do not know how you make them, i have been using rar/tar/etc for 30 years and i have never had this error before. ---
**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/12 "2024-06-13T03:31:06Z")
Thank you for the information. I have now been able to reproduce the error. I apologize for my misunderstanding. I will pass this on to our development team to look into further. Again, thank you for all your work. ---
**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/weird-issue-unable-to-extract-fmod-engine-linux-package-2-02-16-to-2-02-14-on-fedora-linux-38/20536/13 "2024-06-20T05:03:18Z")
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. A fix for this will be included in our next release.