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tar -xvjf ./firefox-10.0.tar.bz2 results in corropted file error on RedHat RHEL 5.4

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While attempting to install Firefox onto Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4, I received the following error from tar:

fada1eapm04$tar -xvjf ./firefox-10.0.tar.bz2

bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; 

       perhaps it is corrupted?  *Possible* reason follows.

bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device

I was unable to get tar to complete when I attempted to test file integrity using the "-tvv" option either, and subsequent attampts to download the file again and retry yield the same results.

While attempting to install Firefox onto Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4, I received the following error from tar: fada1eapm04$tar -xvjf ./firefox-10.0.tar.bz2 bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows. bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device I was unable to get tar to complete when I attempted to test file integrity using the "-tvv" option either, and subsequent attampts to download the file again and retry yield the same results.

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cor-el
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It is possible that your RedHat distribution doesn't support the bz2 compression that is used to compress that file.