Re: [Mailman-Users] really dumb question on getting started; extracting archive

2008-01-29 Thread Steve Lindemann
Holmes, Deb wrote: > How do you unzip the .tar and .gz files prior to install? For most > applications that I'm running on my unix based web server, my process is to > unzip on my Windows XP box prior to uploading to the web server. I know > basically nothing about unix except how to post files

Re: [Mailman-Users] really dumb question on getting started; extracting archive

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Charles Marcus wrote: >Holmes, Deb, on 1/29/2008 5:51 AM, said the following: >> How do you unzip the .tar and .gz files prior to install? For most > >www.7zip.org As I said in my reply to the OP, if you're trying to install Mailman on *nix, don't unzip it on Windows. In theory it should work

Re: [Mailman-Users] really dumb question on getting started; extracting archive

2008-01-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Holmes, Deb wrote: >How do you unzip the .tar and .gz files prior to install? In a command shell on your unix web server type man gunzip and man tar or tar --help for documentation. Depending on your specific tar, you should be able to do tar -xf mailman-2.1.10b1.tgz or gunzip -c mailm

Re: [Mailman-Users] really dumb question on getting started; extracting archive

2008-01-29 Thread Charles Marcus
Holmes, Deb, on 1/29/2008 5:51 AM, said the following: > How do you unzip the .tar and .gz files prior to install? For most www.7zip.org -- Best regards, Charles -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/

[Mailman-Users] really dumb question on getting started; extracting archive

2008-01-29 Thread Holmes, Deb
How do you unzip the .tar and .gz files prior to install? For most applications that I'm running on my unix based web server, my process is to unzip on my Windows XP box prior to uploading to the web server. I know basically nothing about unix except how to post files and write simple .cgi code.