You should do tar -jxvvf iptables-1.2.11.tar.bz2, or bunzip2 the file and the issue a tar -xvvf Cheers On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 18:36, Christian von Hausen wrote: > Hello > > Unable to uncompress iptables-1.2.11 file... > > > > [root@sipxpbx src]# uncompress -v iptables-1.2.11.tar.bz2 > > iptables-1.2.11.tar.bz2 - no .Z suffix > > > > Please advice. > > > > Thx > > > > Christian von Hausen > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Cima Telecom > > Tel: 1-305-261-7778 x 153 > > Direct: 1-786-539-5139 > > Cell: 1-305-525-6303 > > cvonhausen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >