RPM/Tar/GZ files wont open.

[Far-Slayer]

I am fairly new to Linux, I am running Ubuntu 7.10. I've tried installing ClamAV and GuardDog and this keeps popping up, I don't know If I'm doing something wrong in the Terminal. Or there is another matter at hand.

chaos@kyle-desktop:~$ tar -xzf klamav-0.43-installer.tar.gz
tar: klamav-0.43-installer.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

chaos@kyle-desktop:~$ tar -xzf guarddog-2.6.0.tar.gz
tar: guarddog-2.6.0.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Mind you, Both the RPM and the Tar.gz are on my desktop.
Can anyone give me their two cents on this? It would be greatly appreciated. =]

[HROAdmin26]

chaos@kyle-desktop:~$ tar -xzf klamav-0.43-installer.tar.gz

The ~ in your path tells me you are in your home directory (usually /home/username.) Items on the desktop are usually under /home/username/Desktop.

You need to change directory (cd) to the Desktop folder. The file you are trying to extract is *not* in that directory. That is what the error is telling you - file does not exist in this location.

[Far-Slayer]

Alright thank you, One more quick question, How does one CD?

[HROAdmin26]

You already have a command terminal open, so from the command prompt:

cd /dir/you/want/to/go/to
[Enter]

Maybe Google for "linux command line basics" => Linky

[Far-Slayer]

Sorry. I have the command, I kept putting in cd /path/desktop/etc >>; Thank you. =]