This software is compiled for use with glibc-2.0.5 You have first to install the library package! To install: cp -p /bin/tar /bin/tar.old /bin/tar.old -xvvf tar-1.12.tar install-info --info-dir=/usr/info /usr/info/tar.info OR install-info --infodir=/usr/info /usr/info/tar.info