Ventrilo Need help asap(linux)

[mateckz]

Hey Guys/Girls,

I am currently attempting to host the free ventrilo_srv for linux, but i have even follow directions on many forums, but it will not let me unpack the file to put it in the correct directory, can someone please help me the correct way no trolling no idiots on setting up ventrilo with linux i know its not hard but i must be doing something wrong


Thank you,
Joe

[Edge100x]

Are these the instructions that you are following?

http://www.ventrilo.com/setup.php#Server_Installing

[mateckz]

it says its no such directory when i try to gunzip it thats the problem ive been having the hl server worked fine but vent no

[rustydusty1717]

Ahhh, I had that problem as well. Can't remember what I did, but it is possible. Search some more on google, there's gotta me something out there. If I remember how I did it, I'll be sure to post back.

[Edge100x]

No such directory? That's an odd error to get from gunzip, since you're unzipping a file.

Please copy and paste the commands you're entering and the results that you get through SSH here, and I'll do my best to pick out the mistake.

[mateckz]

gunzip VentriloServerLinuxi386-32bit
i have also tried gunzip VentriloServerLinuxi386-32bit.tar.gz

then i get the no such directory thing when i made the directory put the file in there but it wont unzip because of that error

[Edge100x]

I'm sorry for the confusion. I meant, please copy and paste all of the commands you are doing through SSH, and the responses that the server is giving you. PuTTy (our recommended SSH client) makes this very easy -- just select the lines with your mouse, and then Control-V them into a post here.

[mateckz]

I use the vnc console, and im typing the exact commands on the ventrilo install site, and getting the error

[mateckz]

http://i41.tinypic.com/ieqj55.jpg

[Edge100x]

I'd generally recommend using SSH instead, since it's faster/lower-overhead.

Did you do step #1 of their instructions? You need to do that in order to have the file on the server to extract. You can upload files through to the server through SFTP, using a program like WinSCP. Make sure to put it into the file where you'll be typing the gunzip / tar xzvf instruction (/root/ventrilo, it looks like).

1) Upload the file to the machine that you plan on running the server on. This is only important if the host computer is not the same as the computer you are currently using.

[mateckz]

I just downloaded it, thats what i did with hlds and it worked the file is on the machine

[Edge100x]

Looking at your output again, it looks like you mistakenly ran "gunzip" on the .tar file, after you ran it on the .tar.gz file. If you're following the instructions from the Ventrilo site, you need to move on to step #8 at this point and use "tar -xf" on the .tar file.

[mateckz]

[root@lucid ventrilo]# tar xf ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux
tar: ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

[Edge100x]

You need to execute that command on the .tar file, as I said and the instructions said:

tar xf ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux.tar

[mateckz]

[root@lucid ventrilo]# tar xf ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux.tar
tar: ventrilo_srv-3.0.3-Linux.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now