>it must open the /home/coda/usr.local.tar.gz, and install it into /usr/local...
>it must be present
>please check it out, at least, if it is the last command i can untar it and 
>say "bye bye" to problems...

It does that, but that is not the last thing it does.  Why don't
you do:

  cd /
  tar xzf /home/coda/usr.local/tar.gz

Then rerun the wise installer.  There are some coda setup things
done after the tar.  See if that does it for you?

--Phil 

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