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.
Whatever you're using for the download is renaming the file. Just rename it to change .gz to .tgz and use 'tar xzf' to decompress the file. For the rpm package, likely the executable and start script have been placed in /usr/bin and there is probably an init script in /etc/rc.d/init.d. Chris On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, 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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this is purely a web client problem. some browsers rename things for reasons no one knows. jens On Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 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.
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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