Apologies if you get (half of) this message twice, I'm having trouble
with Thunderbird.
Ben Ganzfried wrote:
Happy holidays everyone!
My current question relates to a broader python programming question I
have and so I thought it was worth posting here. I'm trying to read a
single MAGE-TAB file (http://www.mged.org/mage-tab/) and acquire
metadata.
This doesn't sound like it has anything to do with Python at all.
I just downloaded WinRAR to open zip files, but when trying to open
the .jar file for my converter, I get the following message:
What is your converter?
How are you trying to open the file? Double-clicking (that's my bet),
choosing Open from the WinRAR menu, right-click in Windows Explorer, or
something else?
"Java Virtual Machine Launcher:
Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from
C:\Users\Ben\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DI01.718\isatools_deps.jar"
This sounds like Windows is trying to run the Java file rather than open
it in WinRAR. If you google on the error message:
"failed to load main-class manifest attribute from"
you'll find lots of questions that basically say "Whenever I try to run
my .jar file...". So I'm pretty sure that you may have *installed*
WinRAR, but you're not *using* WinRAR.
If anyone could help me better understand how to fix this, what is
happening and/or point me in the right direction, I would be very much
obliged.
Lesson one: Google on the error message.
Lesson two: you need to be more specific in what you're doing. It's not
enough to say "I'm trying to open the file..." -- you may be *trying*,
but are you sure you're succeeding? Is there any sign that WinRAR is
actually involved?
Good luck!
--
Steven
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