tar -xvf does not extract all directories ( solaris )

Sometimes the tar -xvf does not extract all the directories in the archive, and gives the directory checksome error, there is a workaround for that.

Uncompress the .tar.gz in your local machine(linux or windows) and make a .zip archive of it.
scp the .zip archive to solaris machine and uncompress using the following command.
jar -xvf

This will untar all the directories.
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The reason why tar didn't work is because the standard Solaris /usr/bin/tar can't unpack files which contain very long directory paths. (Can't remember what the limit is).

The permanent way to fix this is to get the GNU tar package for the correct Solaris version and hardware architechture (SPARC or x86) from http://www.sunfreeware.com (pick your nearest mirror).

You'll need to use pkgadd to install the package:

As root:

# pkgadd -d