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Just rpm the WP8.0 file and it will install it. Then use xwp (I think) to
run the program from the command line. Worked for me!

Adam
Pants wrote in message <7bn77r$mrb$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>I'm trying to install wp80 on my system but I just can't do it. Could
>someone explain to me in VERY simple terms how to do it? I've been trying
to
>install it for three days now and I'm starting to see why people use
>Microsoft software :(
>
>Thanks
>
>Pants
>
>I have my cdrom drive mounted but can't get much further......
>
>

Pants wrote:
> 
> Adam Short wrote in message <7bonli$mpu$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> >Just rpm the WP8.0 file and it will install it. Then use xwp (I think) to
> >run the program from the command line. Worked for me!
> >
> It's a GZ file what do I do now? I can't expand it......God I hate
> computers....

Give this a shot. put  GUILG00.GZ  in a directory like /home/user/wp8 then cd into that directory. The
user part can be whatever user account you want to use.

cd /home/user/wp8
gzip -dvf GUILG00.GZ
tar -xvf GUIL00
./Runme

See if that works.
Chris
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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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Adam Short wrote in message <7bonli$mpu$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>Just rpm the WP8.0 file and it will install it. Then use xwp (I think) to
>run the program from the command line. Worked for me!
>
It's a GZ file what do I do now? I can't expand it......God I hate
computers....

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.

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).

HTH

Adam
Pants wrote in message <7bpssi$g6u$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>
>Adam Short wrote in message <7bonli$mpu$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>>Just rpm the WP8.0 file and it will install it. Then use xwp (I think) to
>>run the program from the command line. Worked for me!
>>
>It's a GZ file what do I do now? I can't expand it......God I hate
>computers....
>
>

On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 00:47:32 -0000, Pants <pants@chesterleos.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Adam Short wrote in message <7bonli$mpu$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>>Just rpm the WP8.0 file and it will install it. Then use xwp (I think) to
>>run the program from the command line. Worked for me!
>>
>It's a GZ file what do I do now? I can't expand it......God I hate
>computers....
Whenever you want to find out what a file really is. Use the command 'file'

#file Wine-990214.diff.gz 
Wine-990214.diff.gz: gzip compressed data, deflated, last modified: Sun Feb 14 15:31:35 1999, max compression, os: Unix
                     ^^^^

You can easily see that this is a compressed file. It was made with the program
gzip. Just gunzip it.

#gunzip Wine-990214.diff.gz

#file Wine-990214.diff
Wine-990214.diff: 'diff' output text
                   ^^^^
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Moritz Moeller-Herrmann mmh@gmx.net ICQ# 3585990
Why do you pay BIG BUCKS for "micro" software with BIG BUGS?

First of all, WP8.0 is NOT available in rpm format. The only exception
to this might be if you got it as part of a Linux distribution, but I
don't recall hearing that any distributions have done this yet. It is
true, however, that older versions of WordPerfect are around in rpm
format.

Next, about your installation problems. Check some of the above threads
in corelsupport.wordperfect-linux. Some people fell victim to a bug in
Netscape in which Netscape decompresses the gz file without removing the
gz extension (or the extension gz is removed without decompressing it, I
don't remember which). If your downloaded file lacks the .gz extension,
gunzip won't decompress it even if it is still the correct filetype. So,
just do a 'mv' to change the name to something with a .gz extension. If
you get completely frustrated, you might try downloading it again using
a real ftp program such as the command 'ftp' (or 'ncftp' if your
distribution has it) from your command shell.

Good luck!

Andrew Post

Christopher wrote:
> 
> Pants wrote:
> >
> > Adam Short wrote in message <7bonli$mpu$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> > >Just rpm the WP8.0 file and it will install it. Then use xwp (I think) to
> > >run the program from the command line. Worked for me!
> > >
> > It's a GZ file what do I do now? I can't expand it......God I hate
> > computers....
> 
> Give this a shot. put  GUILG00.GZ  in a directory like /home/user/wp8 then cd into that directory. The
> user part can be whatever user account you want to use.
> 
> cd /home/user/wp8
> gzip -dvf GUILG00.GZ
> tar -xvf GUIL00
> ./Runme
> 
> See if that works.
> Chris
> --
> Jupiter Server running Lucas-Lehmer Formula (MPRIME) 24/7 on Linux 2.0.35
> In search of a new Mersenne Prime number(GIMPS)
> http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm
>              -->> Don't waste idle CPU time! Put it to good use. <<--

Pants wrote:
> 
> Adam Short wrote in message <7bonli$mpu$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> >Just rpm the WP8.0 file and it will install it. Then use xwp (I think) to
> >run the program from the command line. Worked for me!
> >
> It's a GZ file what do I do now? I can't expand it......God I hate
> computers....


you should be able to either 'tar zxvf iforgetitsname.GZ'
or just gunzip it.  I remember only that I followed the instructions on
the download page.
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