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kts Send message Joined: 6 May 00 Posts: 7 Credit: 12,283,175 RAC: 0 |
downloading BOINC software from a win pc, saved to my linux pc (wonders of SAMBA), I am getting errors trying to gzip -d or gunzip the boinc file, error returned is "not in gzip format" What to do? |
abject Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 65 Credit: 857,951 RAC: 0 |
> [...] > What to do? Try: $ gzip -t boinc_3.18_i686-pc-linux-gnu.gz ... and see if maybe it got corrupted on the download? If it complains, download again (unless you've tried that already). If you used some kind of Winders FTP client, be sure you tell it to use binary mode. Just FYI, if I list it: $ gzip -l boinc_3.18_i686-pc-linux-gnu.gz I see: compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name 3379690 8529967 60.4% boinc_3.18_i686-pc-linux-gnu You ought to see that, too. HTH. |
Doris and Jens Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 362 Credit: 3,539,386 RAC: 13 |
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kts Send message Joined: 6 May 00 Posts: 7 Credit: 12,283,175 RAC: 0 |
gzip says it is not of that format, so trying the -l and -t options are of no use. The file size is about 8.5mb, is this packed or unpacked size, and does Explorer tend to un-gzip things on the fly? This was http downloaded, not ftp. |
Darren Send message Joined: 2 Jul 99 Posts: 259 Credit: 280,503 RAC: 0 |
> gzip says it is not of that format, so trying the -l and -t options are of no > use. The file size is about 8.5mb, is this packed or unpacked size, and does > Explorer tend to un-gzip things on the fly? This was http downloaded, not ftp. The file is 3.3 zipped and 8.5 unzipped. What you have is definately already unzipped, so it should work if you just rename it without the .gz, make it executable, then execute it. <a> [/url] |
kts Send message Joined: 6 May 00 Posts: 7 Credit: 12,283,175 RAC: 0 |
That tip did the trick. Who would have thought that Windows Explorer would helpfully unzip the file, then forget to tell you and offer to rename it? Go figure. At any rate, thanks for the tips, it is now installed on 4/5 home computers, just need to attach KVM to a box in the corner... |
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