File cap2hpux.tar.gz is a gzipped tarball. Run this to extract files: cd; gunzip -c cap2hpux.tar.gz | tar xvf - The tarball contains an executable binary for the CAPLIB2 APL interpreter, cap2/bin/apl2, and an archive, cap2/lib/libcap2.a, with all the object files for the CAPLIB2 subroutines. If you'd like to recreate the executable binary and archive from the original source, get the Linux version of CAPLIB2. For a brief introduction to the CAPLIB2 APL2 interpreter, see the READ.ME file.