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Re: It's not a rpm......

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From: Joachim Feise
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:00
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Adam Short wrote:
> 
> You have an odd version there! All of the versions I have seen have been in
> RPM format. There will be .gz versions out there but I would hope that you
> could find an RPM version.

Not so odd. I downloaded the .gz version as well, right when it came out.
The .gz extension indicates a gnuzipped file. It is probably tar'ed as well.
You can unzip it with gunzip filename.gz and then use tar tvf filename or in one
run with tar xzvf filename.
 
> It could be that there is an RPM lurking under the .gz if so then what you
> should do is type "tar -z <filename>". If after this you have an rpm file in
> that directory then you can follow my original instructions. If not then I
> am afraid I can't help (I am a newbie myself and I only answered your
> original question because I have successfully installed wp8 myself). If you
> don't find an RPM under the .gz then if your email can handle it I can send
> you the RPM file. Or alternatively you can ask the more advanced members of
> this newsgroup for help (it might help to use a subject like "FAO gurus" or
> something like that).

This is probably not an rpm. After unpacking it with tar in a temporary
directory you can just run the Runme file with ./Runme

-Joe
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From: Joachim Feise <jfeise@ics.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: It's not a rpm......
Date: 1999/03/05
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