>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
> 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/
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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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Linux, because I'd like to *get there* today
>
> 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
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