[Sunhelp] opps install help newbie

[Tim Conrad]

If you downloaded it via netscape, it may have corrupted the file, too. At
least in my experience, this happens from time to time. Try just using a plain
ftp to ftp.sunfreeware.com, and get it that way. Make sure you set it to bin
first.

Whee.

Tim

Will Mc Donald wrote:

> Heh. :)
>
> Is it from sunfreeware.com ? I assume it's a package? In which case a...
>
> pkgadd -d .
>
> in the directory the file is in will do the job. Failing that it might be
> some sort of script or self-extractor (I have installed this before, just
> can't remember exactly how.) What does the file command say the install file
> is? Try something like...
>
> $ file gzip-1.3-sol7-sparc-local
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: faisal <faisal_gillani at flashmail.com>
> To: solaris help2 <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 3:26 AM
> Subject: [Sunhelp] opps install help newbie
>
> > Sorry to say that i have also downloaded gzip & it does not have an
> > extention... :-)
> >
>
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