Comment 9 for bug 1310552

I stumbled on this problem today after a fresh install of Xubuntu 14.04 32 bit.
For some reason, kolAflash's workaround is not working for me...

My investigation led me to /usr/share/php/Archive/Tar.php. This script was unable to open tgz files because line 733 was returning "false" when checking for the existence of function gzopen.

With this information, Google showed me a 5 year old bug (still open) that may be related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/451405

I really really had to install some pear packages, so my solution was to replace the following in Tar.php:
- Lines 733 and 744 - Replace gzopen with gzopen64
- Line 888: Replace gzseek with gzseek64 and gztell with gztell64

This is not a solution but it may help find the solution (or maybe fix the 5 year old's bug?).