On Thursday 16 June 2005 09:32, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 15:12 -0700, OldSarge wrote: >> TO ALL: To start over and cleanly I will give my machine's specs >> and then ask how to. First, as for software OS; SuSe Linux 9.2 Pro >> with OOo 1.1.3 already installed on its own disk, with a 1.7mhz >> cpu and 752megs of ram, and the hardrive is a 20gig with plenty of >> space to go on it. I have been trying to install >> OOo_1.1.4_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz. Now, it is possible I do not >> have Konqueror configured as a file adapter or otherwise as I use >> Mozilla for Internet. Should I configure Konqueror and, if so, >> how? :-[ > >This is better. > >In an earlier message, you said that extracting using tar(1) through > an error. Perhaps this utility is not installed or your path to the > program in not in your environment. Here are a few tips to try to > find out: > > 1. Open a terminal window. > 2. Enter env on the commandline and look for the PATH entry. > Remeber this. > 3. enter tar --help on the commandline. This should give you > some help on how to use tar or throw a not found error. > 4. If the latter in 3, enter rpm -qa tar\* on the commandline. > This will tell you if the utility is installed. Output should look > something like this: tar-1.14-4
From our experiences while running the backup program amanda, I believe thats a known bad version of tar. Known good versions are 1.13-19, 1.13-25, and 1.15-1. > 5. If the rpm is installed then you have to find where it is > located, so enter which -a tar on the commandline. The > result should be either /bin/tar or /usr/bin/tar. You could also > try the find command as follows: find / -name tar which will take > some time to complete but will find the tool. > >You might also try looking in your menu for a tool called > filemanager. This should be part of Nautilus and will do the same > thing as suggested with Konquerer but with less of a learning > curve. > >Good luck. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
