Re: squashfs(: mountable tar.gz) sort option

2014-05-29 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/28/2014 01:23 PM, Wim Bertels wrote: > Hallo, > > u can think of squasfs as a mountable tar.gz (more info on the website > below) > > has anyone got experience with the sort option in mksquashfs? > > on http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/ > in the presentatio

squashfs(: mountable tar.gz) sort option

2014-05-28 Thread Wim Bertels
Hallo, u can think of squasfs as a mountable tar.gz (more info on the website below) has anyone got experience with the sort option in mksquashfs? on http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/ in the presentation the sort option is way to optimize compression, but i didn't find any exampl

Problem: make-jpkg usage to compile 'server-jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz'

2013-12-17 Thread John W. Foster
I have compiled & installed the pakages below that I downloaded directly from Oracle; jdk-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz However when I try to compile this one: server-jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz I get a message saying it can not find the matching plugin & the com

Re: [debian-user] Howto build Debian source packages (tar.gz)??

2013-12-01 Thread Nick Rudnick
Dear all, here is how it worked for me: > apt-get install debhelper ### (>= 9) > apt-get install dkms > apt-get install quilt > apt-get install nvidia-support Some packages I got from elsewhere (by googling), e.g.: + http://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/amd64/glx-alternative-mesa/download

Re: Howto build Debian source packages (tar.gz)??

2013-11-26 Thread Richard Lawrence
Nick Rudnick writes: > how to build Debian source packages, > e.g. nvidia-graphics-drivers_331.20-1.debian.tar.gz ( > http://packages.debian.org/source/experimental/nvidia-graphics-drivers)?? > It seems different to common DEB as well as tarballs with configure/make. Others may be able to give y

Re: [debian-user] Howto build Debian source packages (tar.gz)??

2013-11-26 Thread Vincent W. Chen
Hi Nick, On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Nick Rudnick wrote: > Dear all, > > how to build Debian source packages, e.g. > nvidia-graphics-drivers_331.20-1.debian.tar.gz > (http://packages.debian.org/source/experimental/nvidia-graphics-drivers)?? > It seems different to common DEB as well as tarba

[debian-user] Howto build Debian source packages (tar.gz)??

2013-11-26 Thread Nick Rudnick
Dear all, how to build Debian source packages, e.g. nvidia-graphics-drivers_331.20-1.debian.tar.gz ( http://packages.debian.org/source/experimental/nvidia-graphics-drivers)?? It seems different to common DEB as well as tarballs with configure/make. Even a search term would help, as trying with Go

Re: Unable to download tar.gz file with iceweasel

2010-11-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 23 nov 10, 15:42:00, Gary Roach wrote: > Iceweasel 3.5.15 has been running on a Debian Squeeze system for > ever, with no problems. I have been trying to download > FreeFileSync_xxx_tar.gz for Ubuntu from Sourceforge.net. Each time I > try the download window opens normally and the load indi

Re: Unable to download tar.gz file with iceweasel

2010-11-23 Thread Camaleón
Any other file type seems to work OK. I tried switching to > "Always Ask Me Where To Save File'. Nothing happens with tar.gz. Other > file types work fine. If I click on the Download Window and pick open a > screen pops asking me to pick a program with which to open the fil

Unable to download tar.gz file with iceweasel

2010-11-23 Thread Gary Roach
Save File'. Nothing happens with tar.gz. Other file types work fine. If I click on the Download Window and pick open a screen pops asking me to pick a program with which to open the file. Any ideas what is going on here. I tried reinstalling iceweasel to no avail. Gary R. -- To UNSUBS

Re: how to i build a .deb fro .tar.gz

2009-09-23 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/9/23 shampavman : > Hi all, > > I want to cross port a pkg build for solaris which is in a .tar.gz format.. > That pkg is also available to be installed on linux machine... > I have little idea on it .. could anyone help me on this? if "make install" is one of the

how to i build a .deb fro .tar.gz

2009-09-22 Thread shampavman
Hi all, I want to cross port a pkg build for solaris which is in a .tar.gz format.. That pkg is also available to be installed on linux machine... I have little idea on it .. could anyone help me on this? -- Regards, Shampavman c.g http://shampavman.wordpress.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-15 Thread Chris Burkhardt
tôba wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:13 + > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to >> have the cvs version. >> >> Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely rem

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-15 Thread tyler
tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Do you mean that you did what I want to do, i.e. installed the cvs version >> *after* the source package, and in your experience all went well? If you >> experience

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-15 Thread tyler
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the >>> cvs version. >>> >>> Can anybody please suggest all the steps so

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-15 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 04:31:13PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the >> cvs version. >> >> Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the old >> one? Or maybe simply i

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-15 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 04:31:13PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the cvs > version. > > Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the old one? > Or maybe simply installing the cvs versio

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the >> cvs version. >> >> Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the old >> one? Or maybe simply installing t

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread tyler
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the cvs > version. > > Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the old one? > Or maybe simply installing the cvs version will override

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Nov 2008, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the cvs > version. > > Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the old one? > Or maybe simply installing the cvs version will override the o

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri November 14 2008, Daniel Burrows wrote: >   When you install a package from a .tar.gz file, you're installing > software by hand and there isn't a general procedure -- you do it by > unpacking the archive and following the instructions it contains.  For > that reaso

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 04:31:13PM +, Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the cvs > version. > > Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the old one?

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread François Cerbelle
Le Ven 14 novembre 2008 16:51, tôba a écrit : > If it has the "make unistall" capability, I think it will be easy to > remove. > Otherwise, I think you have to read the original Makefile file and > remove installed files one by one. Hi, You can also install the checkinstall package and use it

Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread tôba
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:13 + Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to > have the cvs version. > > Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the > old one? If it has the "

How to uninstall a tar.gz package?

2008-11-14 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to have the cvs version. Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the old one? Or maybe simply installing the cvs version will override the old installation? Thanks for any reply Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Installing cvs package after tar.gz package

2008-11-14 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I have auctex 11.84 installed via a tar.gz package, and want now to have the cvs version. Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to remove the old one? Or maybe simply installing the cvs version will completely override the old installation? Thanks for any reply Rodolfo -- To

Install a cvs version after a tar.gz package

2008-10-26 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I installed in my Debian Etch box AUCTeX, version 11.84, from the tar.gz tarball. Now I want to update the program with its cvs version. How can uninstall the version already installed? Or maybe I can override the old one installing straight away the cvs version? Thanks for any help Rodolfo

uncompressing .tar.gz in Krusader

2008-09-22 Thread J . H . Kim
Hi, everyone I installed Krusader in my pc. When I decompress *.tar.gz file in Krusader, it says "Protocol not supported by Krusader. tar:/home/me/example.tar.gz". But, compressing to *.tag.gz is OK by pressing Ctlr+Shift+G. Achives menu in Krusade shows gzip, tar can be handled. Plea

Re: How do I get the tar.gz file out of a TPB.torrent file?

2008-04-26 Thread A. F. Cano
'm talking here about the TPB.torrent file. See below for the source of the confusion. > something like the specification of where needs to connect and what > needs to download. Aha! seeing the output of btshowmetainfo (which had the name of a tar.gz file), I assumed that the torrent f

Re: How do I get the tar.gz file out of a TPB.torrent file?

2008-04-26 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
the TPB.torrent > file so I can use it. Many sites claim a torrent file is a RAR archive, > but unrar claims it is not. "file" claims it's a torrent file, so it > identivies is correctly, and "btshowmetainfo" displays what's in there > (a tar.gz file) but

How do I get the tar.gz file out of a TPB.torrent file?

2008-04-26 Thread A. F. Cano
but unrar claims it is not. "file" claims it's a torrent file, so it identivies is correctly, and "btshowmetainfo" displays what's in there (a tar.gz file) but nowhere have I found an "untorrent" or "torrent -x" or equivalent. Man -k torrent doesn

Re: How to Install tar.gz package

2006-06-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Robert J. A. Fernandes. wrote: > Hi Florian, > > So I got the linux video display card driver downloads tar.gz for my > intel 915g site for i810 is not suited for this type. > > Now just I want to know step-by-step instructions on how to install this > driver package or

Re: How to Install tar.gz package

2006-06-05 Thread s. keeling
Robert J. A. Fernandes. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So I got the linux video display card driver downloads tar.gz for my > intel 915g site for i810 is not suited for this type. > > Now just I want to know step-by-step instructions on how to install this > driver package

How to Install tar.gz package

2006-06-05 Thread Robert J. A. Fernandes.
Hi Florian, So I got the linux video display card driver downloads tar.gz for my intel 915g site for i810 is not suited for this type. Now just I want to know step-by-step instructions on how to install this driver package or installation from the tar.gz file on debian. Eagerly waiting for the

Installing w/apt vs. Installing tar.gz in /home/mydir

2006-01-25 Thread Hal Vaughan
All my network is running Debian except my workstation, which is running Mepis. Overall it's worked okay, but every now and then I hit a glitch with I don't think I'd have with pure Debian, since Mepis uses both testing and unstable for sources. (Any comments or insight welcome, flames and rel

Re: Package manager & tar.gz apps

2004-01-06 Thread David Z Maze
Alphonse Ogulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just wondering, what happens to the system when you remove an > installed package or component of a package and replace/update with > a tar.gz compiled From source application? Can this break the system > -- leading to dependancy

Re: Package manager & tar.gz apps

2004-01-05 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> Just wondering, what happens to the system when you remove an installed > package or component of a package and replace/update with a tar.gz > compiled from source application? Can this break the system -- leading to > dependancy issues? > > I'm asking because I had to in

Package manager & tar.gz apps

2004-01-05 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
Just wondering, what happens to the system when you remove an installed package or component of a package and replace/update with a tar.gz compiled from source application? Can this break the system -- leading to dependancy issues? I'm asking because I had to install module-init-

Editors (was: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing)

2003-02-11 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Paul Mackinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-11 11:22]: >I've been learning emacs (gone to far to go back to vi at this point) >and kind of sneering at all-in-one IDE's, but Jedit is worth a >look. Auto-formats nicely, prints nicely (better than emacs, IMO), >sophisticated plugin manager (you

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-11 Thread Paul Mackinney
> * Calber Chainy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-08 12:54]: > >Mmmm, I cannot find [Jedit] in my sources, is it a command line program? > > No, it's an editor written in Java. I don't know whether there is a > debian package available. > > > Thorsten Well I was _going_ to say that you have to do

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 08 Feb 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:32:52AM +0100, Calber Chainy wrote: > >> I have example.tar.gz, and I know in it there is a file named > >> document.text, a plain text file that I want to edit. > >> > >> So I wondered if th

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-08 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:32:52AM +0100, Calber Chainy wrote: >> I have example.tar.gz, and I know in it there is a file named >> document.text, a plain text file that I want to edit. >> >> So I wondered if there is such an application that I can edit >> documen

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:32:52AM +0100, Calber Chainy wrote: > I have example.tar.gz, and I know in it there is a file named > document.text, a plain text file that I want to edit. > > So I wondered if there is such an application that I can edit > document.text without having to untar and decom

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, please don't use tofu mails. http://www.vranx.de/mail/tofu.html * Calber Chainy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-08 12:54]: >Mmmm, I cannot find it in my sources, is it a command line program? No, it's an editor written in Java. I don't know whether there is a debian package available. Thorste

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-08 Thread Calber Chainy
Mmmm, I cannot find it in my sources, is it a command line program? Thanks. Chainy. El sáb, 08-02-2003 a las 12:05, Thorsten Haude escribió: > Hi, > > * Calber Chainy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-08 11:32]: > >I have example.tar.gz, and I know in it there is a file named > >document.text, a pla

Re: editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Calber Chainy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-08 11:32]: >I have example.tar.gz, and I know in it there is a file named >document.text, a plain text file that I want to edit. > >So I wondered if there is such an application that I can edit >document.text without having to untar and decompress t

editing a text file in a tar.gz file without decompressing

2003-02-08 Thread Calber Chainy
Hello list, I think there is a simple application for this, but don't quite remember. I have example.tar.gz, and I know in it there is a file named document.text, a plain text file that I want to edit. So I wondered if there is such an application that I can edit document.text without having to

Konqueror and tar.gz

2003-02-02 Thread Jeetu Golani
ithin Konqueror right from KDE 3.0.4,at first I thought it was a bug, but it's still there in KDE 3.1 therefore I think that maybe there is some kinda configuration that could set things right...something I have wrong. When I open up a .tar.gz file under Konqueror I see it's contents,

Re: newbie - tar.gz unistall

2003-01-28 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Gilberto Garcia Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 04:16 PM -0200): > How can I unistall applications that was installed through a .tar.gz file? Depends on the application. With many that I've used, installation consisted of: $ ./configure $ ma

newbie - tar.gz unistall

2003-01-28 Thread Gilberto Garcia Jr.
How can I unistall applications that was installed through a .tar.gz file?   in this case is turboprint application   []´s Iced Sun

Re: tar.gz to debian packages

2002-09-24 Thread Marcio Roberto Teixeira
i found the mentioned packages. Both packages are in tar.gz: >i built them and they run. However the system doesn't know about them sinc they >aren't .deb files. I thought building a deb from the sources would be a better way of >handling this or is it overkill? If you want j

Re: tar.gz to debian packages

2002-09-24 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 02:40 PM +0100): > >Actually, there's an easier way: > >apt-get checkinstall > >checkinstall is run as root after you've done your ./configure and make, > >and in place of the make install command. It creates a .deb

Re: tar.gz to debian packages

2002-09-24 Thread iain d broadfoot
> Actually, there's an easier way: > apt-get checkinstall > checkinstall is run as root after you've done your ./configure and make, > and in place of the make install command. It creates a .deb file and > also installs it for you. Be sure to read the man page for it -- there's > a lot of opti

Re: tar.gz to debian packages

2002-09-24 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
i found the mentioned packages. Both packages are in tar.gz: i built them > and they run. However the system doesn't know about them sinc they aren't > .deb files. I thought building a deb from the sources would be a better way > of handling this or is it overkill? > If so

tar.gz to debian packages

2002-09-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, i use yaprimaxgui & pxscan to get my Primax Direct 9600 scanner working. (sane doesn't provide a backend for this type just yet). Anyway, no problem, as i found the mentioned packages. Both packages are in tar.gz: i built them and they run. However the system doesn't know a

Re: creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:48:21PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > > How do I create a debian package out of the following? > > It's in the Debian FAQ: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.html#s-sourcebuild > Ah, an FAQ no doubt. I thought I'd done more research than that. Also by th

Re: creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
Thus spake Paul Yeatman last Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:03:59PM -0700: > Hi, due to the recent ssh security message, I'm in a new position > as far as compiling and creating a debian package out of source > code. Given the location of the source code on the security > server, I don't see how I can li

Re: creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Colin Watson-- > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:12:43PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > How do I create a debian package out of the following? > > > > openssh_3.3p1-0.0woody1.diff.gz openssh_3.3p1.orig.tar.gz > > > > Or where is this described

Re: creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:12:43PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > How do I create a debian package out of the following? > > openssh_3.3p1-0.0woody1.diff.gz openssh_3.3p1.orig.tar.gz > > Or where is this described? It's in the Debian FAQ: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.html#

Re: creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Yeatman
Correction: How do I create a debian package out of the following? openssh_3.3p1-0.0woody1.diff.gz openssh_3.3p1.orig.tar.gz Or where is this described? Thanks. -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, due to the recent ssh security message, I'm in a new position as far as compiling and creating a debian package out of source code. Given the location of the source code on the security server, I don't see how I can list it as a deb-src in my sources.list file. I can however download the sour

Re: Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-25 Thread Casper Gielen
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:49:07AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > Thanks for your replies. I found the files > /usr/local/NVIDIA. I untarred them in /usr/local. No I > don't know why "make install" won't work. Did you change to the root user before attempting the make install. If not you should. Ot

Re: Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-25 Thread Abner Gershon
Thanks for your replies. I found the files /usr/local/NVIDIA. I untarred them in /usr/local. No I don't know why "make install" won't work. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Re: Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-24 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Hello Abner, If you had NVIDIA.tar.gz on a floppy and issued that command, then you *should* be able to now look at the floppy and see that it just decompressed into a NEW directory on your floppy. I see another has mentioned the use of the "-" is not required for the tar command. Now, typ

Re: Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-24 Thread ktb
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 11:12:24AM -0400, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:49:04AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > > In the continuing saga of this unix/linux novice > > trying to install NVIDIA drivers from floppy I learned > > how with the help of the responses from this list t

Re: Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-24 Thread matlads
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:49:04AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > In the continuing saga of this unix/linux novice > trying to install NVIDIA drivers from floppy I learned > how with the help of the responses from this list to > mount my floppy and decompress my tar files using "tar > -xzvf NVIDIA.t

Re: Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-24 Thread Harry Henry Gebel
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:49:04AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > In the continuing saga of this unix/linux novice > trying to install NVIDIA drivers from floppy I learned > how with the help of the responses from this list to > mount my floppy and decompress my tar files using "tar > -xzvf NVIDIA.t

Re: Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-24 Thread Casper Gielen
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:49:04AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > mount my floppy and decompress my tar files using "tar > -xzvf NVIDIA.tar.gz". I could see written to the > screen all the various files being unzipped. Now I > can't find which directory these files are in. They > are not in the pare

Newbie: where did my tar.gz file decompress to?

2001-05-24 Thread Abner Gershon
In the continuing saga of this unix/linux novice trying to install NVIDIA drivers from floppy I learned how with the help of the responses from this list to mount my floppy and decompress my tar files using "tar -xzvf NVIDIA.tar.gz". I could see written to the screen all the various files being unz

Re: Extracting .tar.gz from .deb

2000-12-04 Thread USM Bish
wrote: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 09:08:41PM +0530, USM Bish wrote: > > I am looking for an alternate method of extracting > > basic .tar.gz component from a debian package (.deb). > > Alien often fails in this process, though the reverse > > usually works fine. &g

Re: Extracting .tar.gz from .deb

2000-12-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 09:08:41PM +0530, USM Bish wrote: > I am lookinf for an alternate method of extracting > basic .tar.gz component from a debian package (.deb). > Alien often fails in this process, though the reverse > usually works fine. ar -x or dpkg --extract

Extracting .tar.gz from .deb

2000-12-04 Thread USM Bish
I am lookinf for an alternate method of extracting basic .tar.gz component from a debian package (.deb). Alien often fails in this process, though the reverse usually works fine. TIA USM Bish

Re: tar.gz and dpkg/apt

2000-09-12 Thread Damon Muller
Quoth Deim Agoston, > How can I tell the apt and/or dpkg that I have an MTA installed > (postfix2531) but not from deb package (it was tar.gz). Now everytime > I install or remove something it tells me that the services which depends > on an MTA won't work. And another ques

Re: tar.gz and dpkg/apt

2000-09-12 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 07:55:45PM +0200, Deim Agoston wrote: > Hello ! > > How can I tell the apt and/or dpkg that I have an MTA installed > (postfix2531) but not from deb package (it was tar.gz). Now everytime > I install or remove something it tells me that the services whi

RE: tar.gz and dpkg/apt

2000-09-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-Sep-2000 Deim Agoston wrote: > Hello ! > > How can I tell the apt and/or dpkg that I have an MTA installed > (postfix2531) but not from deb package (it was tar.gz). Now everytime > I install or remove something it tells me that the services which depends > on an M

tar.gz and dpkg/apt

2000-09-12 Thread Deim Agoston
Hello ! How can I tell the apt and/or dpkg that I have an MTA installed (postfix2531) but not from deb package (it was tar.gz). Now everytime I install or remove something it tells me that the services which depends on an MTA won't work. And another question. Where can I find docs

Re: Netscape Tar.gz files

2000-09-11 Thread Gregg C
e. From: "I. Tura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Netscape Tar.gz files Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:30:18 +0200 Use the debianized packages of Netscape in non-free section. They are four or five netscape.blah_blah_blah.deb

Re: Netscape Tar.gz files

2000-09-11 Thread I. Tura
Use the debianized packages of Netscape in non-free section. They are four or five netscape.blah_blah_blah.deb They'll be installated in a minute. Best, Ignasi At 13.54 11/9/00 -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna ha escrit: >Hi: > > I am finding it difficult

Re: Netscape Tar.gz files

2000-09-11 Thread QBA
On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 01:54:02PM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > Hi: > > I am finding it difficult to lacate the netscape binaries to install > the Navigator or communicator from ftp.netscape.com. I was in > particular interested in 4.73 but there are not binaries at the site. > Can so

Netscape Tar.gz files

2000-09-11 Thread Sebastian Canagaratna
Hi: I am finding it difficult to lacate the netscape binaries to install the Navigator or communicator from ftp.netscape.com. I was in particular interested in 4.73 but there are not binaries at the site. Can somebody please point me to a useful site where these can be found. Thanks. Seba

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-05 Thread kmself
Please follow postfix reply once established. On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 08:06:18PM +0518, USM Bish wrote: > On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 11:18:37PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > |> Is there a way to search the contents of a tar.gz file withouth > > |> h

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-05 Thread USM Bish
If you have Midnight Commander (mc) installed, you can see the contents of a tar.gz file natively. If you need to read a specific file, mc does a temporary extract of the same and displays it for you. If you have kde installed, kfm does the same. USM Bish On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 11:18:37PM

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-05 Thread André Dahlqvist
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 12:05:06AM -0400, Brian Stults wrote: > I would like to grep the contents to find the CD that I'm looking for, > but I don't want to extract everything. It sounds like you're looking for 'zgrep' which is included with gzip. -- // André

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-05 Thread mcclosk
|> Is there a way to search the contents of a tar.gz file withouth |> having to extract everything. Specifically, I want to determine |> the disc-id of an audio CD, so I downloaded the freedb database in |> tar.gz format. Of course, it's a very large file. I would like to |&g

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-05 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:10:50PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > Brian Stults <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Is there a way to search the contents of a tar.gz file withouth > having > > > to extract everythi

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-05 Thread kmself
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:10:50PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Brian Stults <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there a way to search the contents of a tar.gz file withouth having > > to extract everything. Specifically, I want to determine the disc-id of > >

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-04 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Brian Stults <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to search the contents of a tar.gz file withouth having > to extract everything. Specifically, I want to determine the disc-id of > an audio CD, so I downloaded the freedb database in tar.gz format. Of > course, it&#

Re: search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-04 Thread Mark Bialik
Try the zcat package. man zcat Mark > Is there a way to search the contents of a tar.gz file withouth having > to extract everything. Specifically, I want to determine the disc-id of > an audio CD, so I downloaded the freedb database in tar.gz format. Of > course, it's a ve

search contents of a tar.gz

2000-09-04 Thread Brian Stults
Is there a way to search the contents of a tar.gz file withouth having to extract everything. Specifically, I want to determine the disc-id of an audio CD, so I downloaded the freedb database in tar.gz format. Of course, it's a very large file. I would like to grep the contents to find t

Re: Alien to .tar.gz

2000-08-09 Thread Aaron Maxwell
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > alien -t filename.rpm is the correct way. correct. to clarify a little: .tgz and .tar.gz are functionally the same kind of file on GNUish unix systems--in practice they behave the exact same. For example, 'gunzip foo.tgz' will uncomp

Re: Alien to .tar.gz

2000-08-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
alien -t filename.rpm is the correct way. nate On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Andrew McRobert wrote: mcrobe >hi mcrobe > mcrobe >Does anyone know the syntax to use 'alien' to convert from rpm to .tar.gz. mcrobe >The man page says this can be done, but doesn't say how ... the c

RE: Alien to .tar.gz

2000-08-08 Thread Andrew McRobert
math" -Original Message- From: Mike Werner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 11:15 AM To: Debian-Users (E-mail) Subject: Re: Alien to .tar.gz Andrew McRobert wrote: > hi > > Does anyone know the syntax to use 'alien' to convert from rpm to .tar.gz. &g

Re: Alien to .tar.gz

2000-08-08 Thread Mike Werner
Andrew McRobert wrote: > hi > > Does anyone know the syntax to use 'alien' to convert from rpm to .tar.gz. > The man page says this can be done, but doesn't say how ... the closest > thing listed is "alien -t [file]" which produces [file].tgz ... .tgz =

Re: Alien to .tar.gz

2000-08-08 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:10:47AM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote: > hi > > Does anyone know the syntax to use 'alien' to convert from rpm to .tar.gz. > The man page says this can be done, but doesn't say how ... the closest > thing listed is "alien -t [file]&q

Alien to .tar.gz

2000-08-08 Thread Andrew McRobert
hi Does anyone know the syntax to use 'alien' to convert from rpm to .tar.gz. The man page says this can be done, but doesn't say how ... the closest thing listed is "alien -t [file]" which produces [file].tgz ... tks Andrew

Re: TAR.GZ

1999-07-02 Thread Sami Dalouche
Can you type file GUILGNL0.GZ (be sure you have the package file) and see the output. You should get : /tmp/gwget_0.3.2.orig.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, deflated, last modified: Sun Jun 20 21:37:21 1999, max compression, os: Unix or something similar. On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 10:56:04PM +0200

Re: TAR.GZ

1999-07-01 Thread G. Crimp
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 10:56:04PM +0200, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > Hi, > > I've downloaded GUILGNL0.GZ (WP8 language module). > Now I want to try to extract it. > I've tried, tar -xzvf .., and gunzip . > In both cases I got the message: not a gzip format. > How is this

Re: TAR.GZ

1999-07-01 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 01-Jul-99 Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've downloaded GUILGNL0.GZ (WP8 language module). > > Now I want to try to extract it. > > I've tried, tar -xzvf .., and gunzip . > > In both cases I got the message: not a gzip

Re: TAR.GZ

1999-07-01 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Cuno Sonnemans wrote: > I've downloaded GUILGNL0.GZ (WP8 language module). > Now I want to try to extract it. > I've tried, tar -xzvf .., and gunzip . > In both cases I got the message: not a gzip format. > How is

Re: TAR.GZ

1999-07-01 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 1 Jul, Cuno Sonnemans wrote about "TAR.GZ" > Hi, > > I've downloaded GUILGNL0.GZ (WP8 language module). > Now I want to try to extract it. > I've tried, tar -xzvf .., and gunzip . > In both cases I got the message: not a g

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