From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 25 04:30:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3341A16A4CF for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 04:30:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3CB743D58 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 04:30:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i3PBUk3V063077 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:30:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3PBUkW3063076 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:30:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:30:46 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040425113045.GA62943@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040424122728.75028.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com> <20040424152716.GA43241@tyson.homeunix.org> <20040424174950.GC8233@freebsd.jolok.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040424174950.GC8233@freebsd.jolok.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040420, clamav-milter version 0.70k X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: Open Office - installation problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:30:52 -0000 --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 10:49:50AM -0700, Joshua Lokken wrote: > * Terry L. Tyson Jr. [2004-04-24 08:32]: > > It's not a package, it's a tgz file. Use "tar xzvf file.tgz". Go to the > > OO site and read the install instructions, there are other things you >=20 > No. It's a package, and it's *not* a tgz file. Errr... folks -- packages *are* .tgz files. Except under 5.x where they are .tbz files. They could just as well be .zip files, or some sort of compressed cpio format like .rpms or Solaris packages. It's just a mechanism for gathering a bunch of files and directories together into a single container for easy download. And the compression is just so that the maximum number of packages can be fitted into the space available. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAi6FldtESqEQa7a0RAhX2AJ9VLEt4Pf9MdVd5gh9pko7HSDLqvwCgi+tP 2aOuO7hZbFgNlNF6DK78u1o= =Rc7z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm--