[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Slackware 3.4 included bzip2, so I expect most distributions will have > it, and there should be a man page. AFAIK, a tar file is a tar file. > So, you can either bunzip it, then tar -xf the resulting tar, or use the > --use-compress-program bzip2 with tar -xf. Or > bzip2 -cd <tar.bz2file> | tar -xf - > The patch file _should_ have instructions at the beginning how to apply > it. > > Lawson > >< Microsoft free environment > > This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary. > > > On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, S-Bayling wrote: > > > Hi, > > I was reading about APM in linux, and I found I need a new > > kernel (which I have) and recent versions of halt. So I went to the > > suggested site and I found that I want ver 2.76, the files were in the > > following formats; > > > > sysvinit-2.75.tar.gz > > sysvinit-2.76.tar.bz2 > > sysvinit-2.76.dif > > sysvinit-2.76.patch > > > > I know about how to unzip and un-tar the .tar.gz format, but what > > are the rest, and how do I go about using them? I assume I need to > > install the 2.76.tar.bz2 then patch it and then 'make' it, but how do > > I install bz2? > > > > Cheers, > > Simon. > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
