Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 23:11:12 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: custserv2@corel.ca, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Peter Hawkins <peter@clari.net.au> Subject: Re: Howto: wordperfect 8 Message-ID: <XFMail.981219231112.vev@michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <199812200157.RAA04126@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On 20-Dec-98 Mike Smith wrote:
>> Unfortunately it does not install as documented but you can do it anyway
>> as
>> follows:
Hmmm. It did for me.
>> 4. the distribution is *not* gzcompressed despite the extensions and the
>> documentation. Just use tar xvf to extract the kit. (if you get it as
>> seven separate parts, each is a separate tar file and untar them all
>> separately:
>>
>> foreach i (0 1 2 3 4 5 6)
>> tar xvf GUI0${i}.GZ
>> done
>
> The files *are* compressed; you may be falling victim to a bug in
> Netscape which will uncompress the file but leave its extension in
> place.
I downloaded the single file and it was indeed compressed. The missing
link was that it was a gzipped tarball which the filename didn't exactly
reveal.
Runme ran fine and I didn't need to 'brand' the binary. I'm running 227
and I have linux emulation. AFAIK the need to brand hasn't been removed,
or has it? Hopefully I'll get the chance to really check it out in the
next week or so. It definitely seems less bloated than SO.
Vince.
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