'EOFError: Compressed file ended before the end-of-stream marker was reached' during tau init

[nchaimov]

A user reports getting 'EOFError: Compressed file ended before the end-of-stream marker was reached' during tau init.

• What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS

• What version of TAU Commander are you using?
  (using bash .version.sh)

1.5.0

• What command or commands were you attempting to run?

git clone https://github.com/ParaToolsInc/taucmdr.git
cd taucmdr
make install INSTALLDIR=
export PATH=$PATH:/bin

cd examples/mm/
tau init

debug_log.txt