Quoting Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > The zip tools have not been installed so I can't open a gnome help file which > came in zip format. > > dselect pulls up dozens of files when I try to find the ones I need. Most > are things like the gcc libraries. Can't see why they come up when I search > for unzip but there it is. > > What command can I use to get the zip, unzip, and rpm tools including alien > from a folder called /cdrom/debian/stable/i386?
zip/unzip are non-free which is perhaps why you haven't found them. You might find them by typing ls -R /cdrom | less and then /unzip (/zip may hit too much noise) and then dpkg -i filenames... to install them. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
