On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Joseph Gardner wrote:
> On 24-Jul-99 Joe Brault wrote:
> > This is probably boring all of you to death, but here goes... I got the disk
> > mounted, but now I can't execute the executable file I downloaded (pkunzip for
> > linux) How do I do this?? Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
>
> An .exe file? Are you SURE it's for Linux? .exe files are generally Windows
>executables, which will not run in Linux. Technically you COULD rename a Linux
>binary file with an .exe extension... but I've never seen a program distributed for
>Linux with that extension.
> Anyway, make sure the file is set to be executable (type 'chmod +x <filename>' if it
>isn't), and from the directory it's in type './<entire-filename>' (without the quotes
>of course) to try running it. If that doesn't work, that file is probably meant for
>DOS/Windows.
> And you shouldn't need pkunzip in Linux anyway. If you've installed Mandrake, you
>already have a program called unzip which deals with pkzipped files. And most files
>you download for Linux are in tar.gz format, which you use tar and gzip for.
>
> -Tom
>
>
> I thought the command was gunzip ???
>
> Joe
>
Which command? Theres quite a few, unzip gunzip bunzip2 funzip unzipsfx
