On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 01:53:26PM -0500, Todd Suess wrote:
> Pressing d or D on the .deb file links downloads them fine, AS TEXT.
No, it just downloads them without any interpretation at all.
Same as wget downloads a file.
Hamish
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>
>Pressing d or D on the .deb file links downloads them fine, AS TEXT.
>and alas, quite nonfunctional ... But I did get the source files and
>compiled it eventually.
For the Linux version, whats the difference?
I am sure I have quite successfully downl
Pressing d or D on the .deb file links downloads them fine, AS TEXT.
and alas, quite nonfunctional ... But I did get the source files and
compiled it eventually.
-Todd
On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 09:57:13PM -0500, Todd Suess wrote:
>
> [long, comp
> Which web page are using? If http://debianpine.tripod.com, don't
> bother. Use http://members.mint.net/frodo/pine the .debs there are known
> to be good. With netscape you have to right click on the link and select
> save as... If you still have problems let me know. I am the maintainer
> o
On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Todd Suess wrote:
> I am actually trying to download the debs from the pine 4.20
> web page. No matter how I try to download them, using http,
> they come out as corrupt when dpkg tries to install them.
>
> They are not available via ftp from the web site in question,
> and e
On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 09:57:13PM -0500, Todd Suess wrote:
[long, complex conversation about downloading .debs from Lynx snipped]
Wow, has everyone forgotten that you can press "d" on any link and download
it instead of displaying it? This includes viewable files like HTML and
text, so should w
Todd Suess writes:
>I am actually trying to download the debs from the pine 4.20
>web page. No matter how I try to download them, using http,
>they come out as corrupt when dpkg tries to install them.
>
>They are not available via ftp from the web site in question,
>and even using my windows machi
On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 09:57:13PM -0500, Todd Suess wrote:
> I am actually trying to download the debs from the pine 4.20
> web page. No matter how I try to download them, using http,
> they come out as corrupt when dpkg tries to install them.
>
> They are not available via ftp from the web site
On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 09:57:13PM -0500, Todd Suess wrote:
> I am actually trying to download the debs from the pine 4.20
> web page. No matter how I try to download them, using http,
> they come out as corrupt when dpkg tries to install them.
>
> They are not available via ftp from the web site
On 06-Nov-1999, Todd Suess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am actually trying to download the debs from the pine 4.20
> web page. No matter how I try to download them, using http,
> they come out as corrupt when dpkg tries to install them.
>
> They are not available via ftp from the web site in qu
I am actually trying to download the debs from the pine 4.20
web page. No matter how I try to download them, using http,
they come out as corrupt when dpkg tries to install them.
They are not available via ftp from the web site in question,
and even using my windows machine I can't get them to
d
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>True, but not really relevant. The MIME type returned by the server
>determines if the client sees the deb as text or not. Contact the server
>admins and have them add entries to mime.types.
Only applies if http is used.
If some other protocol (eg ftp) i
On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 04:54:03 -0500, root wrote:
[Why are debs being downloaded as text]
> I have pored through the docs but cannot seem to find out where I can tell
> Lynx that when downloading a .deb file it should NOT download it as text.
> ;) does this have to do with system mime types, et
Yup, it goes to a deb file, and there is an entry for deb in
/etc/mime.types for a deb listing it as a debian package file,
but perhaps that is not explicit enough for lynx, which insists on
downloading them as content: text
-Todd
On Sat, 06 Nov 1999, Jan Ludewig wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 a
I have used lynx for a while but am not familiar with it's advanced
functionality, I have pored through the docs but cannot seem to find
out where I can tell Lynx that when downloading a .deb file it should
NOT download it as text. ;) does this have to do with system mime
types, etc, or is there
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