diff --git a/cck/ib/comp.cpp b/cck/ib/comp.cpp
index 5278ac2c4a8..6daba8b59d5 100644
--- a/cck/ib/comp.cpp
+++ b/cck/ib/comp.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ extern CString linuxDir;
 extern CString nsinstPath;
 extern CString xpiDir;
 extern CString tarfile;
-
+extern CString tarfile1;
+
 extern COMPONENT Components[100];
 extern int numComponents;
 
@@ -121,9 +122,12 @@ int GenerateComponentList(CString parms, WIDGET *curWidget)
 		pos += 1;
 		CString linuxinstDirPath = linuxblobPath.Left(pos);
 		tarfile = linuxblobPath.Right(pathlen-pos);
+		pos = tarfile.ReverseFind('.');
+		tarfile1 = tarfile.Left(pos);
 
 		int direxist = GetFileAttributes(nscpxpilinuxPath);
-		if (direxist == -1) // nscpxpiLinux directory does not exist
+		if ((direxist == -1) && (linuxblobPath != "")) 
+		// nscpxpiLinux directory does not exist	
 		{
 			char currentdir[_MAX_PATH];
 			_getcwd(currentdir, _MAX_PATH);
@@ -131,8 +135,14 @@ int GenerateComponentList(CString parms, WIDGET *curWidget)
 			_mkdir(linuxDir);
 			_chdir(linuxinstDirPath);
 			tnscpxpilinuxPath.Replace("\\","/");
-			CString command = "tar -zxvf " + tarfile + " -C " + tnscpxpilinuxPath;
+
+			CString command = "gzip -d " + tarfile;
 			ExecuteCommand((char *)(LPCTSTR) command, SW_HIDE, INFINITE);
+			command = "tar -xvf " + tarfile1 + " -C " + tnscpxpilinuxPath;
+ 			ExecuteCommand((char *)(LPCTSTR) command, SW_HIDE, INFINITE);
+			command = "gzip " + tarfile1;
+			ExecuteCommand((char *)(LPCTSTR) command, SW_HIDE, INFINITE);
+			
 			nscpxpiPath = nscpxpilinuxPath + nsinstPath;
 			CString tempxpiPath = nscpxpiPath;
 			tempxpiPath.Replace(xpiDir,"");
diff --git a/cck/ib/ib.cpp b/cck/ib/ib.cpp
index 481f0b084bb..dc392386830 100644
--- a/cck/ib/ib.cpp
+++ b/cck/ib/ib.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ CString nsinstallerDir;
 CString xpiDir;
 CString templinuxDir;
 CString tarfile;
+CString tarfile1;
 
 WIDGET *tempWidget;
 char buffer[50000];
@@ -986,13 +987,17 @@ void CreateLinuxInstaller()
 	char currentdir[_MAX_PATH];
 	_getcwd(currentdir,_MAX_PATH);
 	CopyDirectory(xpiDstPath, templinuxPath + xpiDir);
-	remove(templinuxPath + xpiDir + "\\N6Setup.exe");
+	DeleteFile(templinuxPath + xpiDir + "\\N6Setup.exe");
 	CopyFile(xpiDstPath+"\\Config.ini", templinuxPath+"\\Config.ini",FALSE);
-	remove(templinuxPath + xpiDir + "\\Config.ini");
+	DeleteFile(templinuxPath + xpiDir + "\\Config.ini");
 	_chdir(outputPath);
 	templinuxPath = tempPath;
 	templinuxPath.Replace("\\", "/");
-	CString command = "tar -zcvf " + tarfile + " -C " + templinuxPath + "/" + templinuxDir + spaces + nsinstallerDir;
+	DeleteFile(tarfile1);
+	DeleteFile(tarfile);
+	CString command = "tar -cvf " + tarfile1 + " -C " + templinuxPath + "/" + templinuxDir + spaces + nsinstallerDir;    
+	ExecuteCommand((char *)(LPCTSTR) command, SW_HIDE, INFINITE);
+	command = "gzip " + tarfile1;
 	ExecuteCommand((char *)(LPCTSTR) command, SW_HIDE, INFINITE);
 	_chdir(currentdir);
 }
@@ -1027,6 +1032,7 @@ int StartIB(CString parms, WIDGET *curWidget)
 	xpiDir = "\\xpi";
 	templinuxDir = "tempLinux";
 	tarfile = "netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-sea.tar.gz";
+	tarfile1 = "netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-sea.tar";
 
 	if (SearchPath(workspacePath, "NSCPXPI", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL))
 		nscpxpiPath = workspacePath + "\\NSCPXPI";