On Aug 03, PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: > Hi > > I have a gzip tar copy of The Dotfile Generator that came on a dos > formated floppy. I tried to load this through dselect but as I scrolled > down the list of programs I could not find the dotfile program. Could > someone send me instuction on how to install it. > > Thanks > Patrick
Hi Patrick! Dselect is only for *.deb files, and even then you need a package.gz file with the descriptions of the package (for own .deb files you need a program called scanpackages or so). You have a file *.tar.gz, this is a different format. I don't think we have a debian package with the dotfile generator, but don't give up. Here is how to go: Check if you have a directory /usr/local/src, if not, do (with root) # mkdir /usr/local/src Then go there with # cd /usr/local/src copy your dotfile.tar.gz in this directory. Do you have it on the hard disk? # cp /whereever/dotfile.tar.gz . or on your msdos floppy? # mcopy a:dotfile.whatever . (you need mtools installed for this) Then you do a # tar -tzf dotfile.tar.gz and check the contents (it scrolls on the terminal) to unpack, do a # tar -xzf dotfile.tar.gz then the files will be extracted out of the archive. But check the path of the files in the tar-archive! If they have no path, make a proper directory under /usr/local/src, before you unpack. If you have further questions, mail. Good luck, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
