I am having an issue with extracting this gzipped tarball (direct link) on Windows platform. The problem is that the tarball contains symbolic links & the Windows platform (tar utility I have on the Windows platform) does not know how to handle them.
I am using GNU Tar under the the MSYS2/MinGW-w64 environment. Extracting the archive results in the following error message:
$ tar -xf SDL2_mixer-2.0.4.tar.gz
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/OpusFile.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/OpusFile.framework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/OpusFile.framework/OpusFile: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/OpusFile’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Vorbis.framework/Vorbis: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Vorbis’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Vorbis.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Vorbis.framework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Ogg.framework/Ogg: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Ogg’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Ogg.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Ogg.framework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/modplug.framework/modplug: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/modplug’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/modplug.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/modplug.framework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/mpg123.framework/mpg123: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/mpg123’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/mpg123.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/mpg123.framework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/FLAC.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/FLAC.framework/FLAC: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/FLAC’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/FLAC.framework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Opus.framework/Opus: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Opus’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Opus.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory
tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/Opus.framework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
$ echo $?
2
Because I am using this command in a script, the return value of the tar command dictates whether or not the script should exit in failure.
tar -xf SDL2_mixer-2.0.4.tar.gz
RET=$?
if test ${RET} -ne 0; then
echo "An error occurred during extraction. Exiting ..."
exit ${RET}
fi
GNU Tar has the -h|--dereference switch, but this is only for compressing, not extracting.
I can currently get around the issue by excluding the "Xcode" directory (which is only used on MacOS anyway, I believe) with the following command:
$ tar --exclude="SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode" -xf SDL2_mixer-2.0.4.tar.gz
But if there is a way to keep the "Xcode" directory intact & convert the symbolic links to regular files, I would prefer to do that.
Using 7zip to extract the tarball I receive a similar error:
$ "/c/Program Files/7-Zip/7z.exe" x -y SDL2_mixer-2.0.4.tar.gz
...
$ "/c/Program Files/7-Zip/7z.exe" x -y SDL2_mixer-2.0.4.tar
...
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\OpusFile.framework\Resources
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\OpusFile.framework\Headers
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\OpusFile.framework\OpusFile
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\OpusFile.framework\Versions\Current
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Vorbis.framework\Vorbis
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Vorbis.framework\Resources
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Vorbis.framework\Headers
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Vorbis.framework\Versions\Current
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Ogg.framework\Ogg
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Ogg.framework\Resources
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Ogg.framework\Headers
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Ogg.framework\Versions\Current
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\modplug.framework\modplug
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\modplug.framework\Resources
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\modplug.framework\Headers
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\modplug.framework\Versions\Current
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\mpg123.framework\mpg123
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\mpg123.framework\Resources
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\mpg123.framework\Headers
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\mpg123.framework\Versions\Current
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\FLAC.framework\Resources
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\FLAC.framework\FLAC
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\FLAC.framework\Headers
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\FLAC.framework\Versions\Current
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Opus.framework\Opus
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Opus.framework\Resources
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Opus.framework\Headers
ERROR: Can not create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : .\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\Xcode\Frameworks\Opus.framework\Versions\Current
...
There is an alternative zip archive (direct link) that I could use instead, but tarballs are very common on non-Windows platforms & I would like to learn how to get past this issue for future reference.
Update: 2022-06-18
From the answer by jigwan & comment by Eric Gopak, it appears that 7-zip can handle converting the symbolic links using the built-in Windows mklink command. However, mklink requires elevated privileges or for developer mode to be enabled on the Windows system. This may not be a feasible solution for users without administrative privileges.
