
Tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/amework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/amework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory Tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/amework/modplug: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/modplug’: 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/Ogg.framework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory
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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/amework/Headers: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Headers’: No such file or directory Tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/amework/Resources: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Resources’: No such file or directory Tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/amework/Vorbis: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/Vorbis’: No such file or directory Tar: SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/Xcode/Frameworks/amework/OpusFile: Cannot create symlink to ‘Versions/Current/OpusFile’: No such file or directory Extracting the archive results in the following error message: $ tar -xf SDL2_mixer-2.0.4.tar.gz I am using GNU Tar under the the MSYS2/MinGW-w64 environment.
Unzip tar gz in windows how to#
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 having an issue with extracting this gzipped tarball (direct link) on Windows platform.
