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Rod..
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> From: Shaleh[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 10:26 AM
> To: Person, Rod
> Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
> Subject: Re: gzip problems...Newbie!
>
> 1) use dpkg on .deb files.
>Also when I tried leap. I got error that it could not create
> directory or file. For leap I tried
> gzip -cd leap-1_2.deb | tar -xO
> gzip -cd leap-1_2.deb | tar -xf
> gzip -cd leap-1_2.deb | tar -xF install
> help a newbie please.
The leap-1.2.deb file
just try tar -xzvf filename.gz this will take care of everything at
once.
Hey All,
I downloaded some *.gz (midnight commander, leap database and
maxwell). I have followed the various instructions on extracting these
programs bu
> 1) use dpkg on .deb files. dpkg -I my_package.deb as root installs.
> 2) gzip -dc my_targz.tar.gz| tar xvf - should work. tar does not need
> the hyphen before its arguments.
or, more simply,
tar -zxvf my_targz.tar.gz
the z option (not in some other unix version) causes gzip compression/
d
1) use dpkg on .deb files. dpkg -I my_package.deb as root installs.
2) gzip -dc my_targz.tar.gz| tar xvf - should work. tar does not need
the hyphen before its arguments.
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>
> Hey All,
>
> I downloaded some *.gz (midnight commander, leap database and
> maxwell). I have followed the various instructions on extracting these
> programs but "here's the rub"..
mc is definatly a .deb, and I thinkthe others may well be. If they
are, then you're m
Hey All,
I downloaded some *.gz (midnight commander, leap database and
maxwell). I have followed the various instructions on extracting these
programs but "here's the rub"..
mc say to use this.
gzip -d
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