[Zope] (no subject)

[Chris McDonough]

The problem is that the application that you downloaded the non-RPM
distribution with (or you) renamed the file from "filename.tar.gz" to
"filename.gz".  After you decompressed it, the resulting file was a
"tar" file, which should have had the extension ".tar" but from your
description it had no extension at all.  A tar file is a "tape archive"
file which indeed has the properties you describe.  It's a single huge
file that contains a manifest and all the file contents.  You need to
"untar" it.

The solution:  after you decompress the ".gz" file, rename it to
"filename.tar" and then type "tar xvf filename.tar".  You will then have
a directory full of files.

The thorn in your side is the application you used to download Zope.

- C


On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 11:43, control wrote:
> you guys need to check the files on your server!
> everytime i try to download Zope-2.5.1*.tgz for linux,
> it actually saves as a .gz,  which when i decompress
> is simply a file w/300000 plus lines of code--no 
> install script no dirs, just plain text!
> what's more,  when gave up on this, i downloaded the rpm,
> which installed everything except the ./start script and 
> the executable!  wtfo,  i'd really like to explore zope
> but thus far it's really becomming a thorn in my side.
> 
> 
> 
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