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Date:      Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:35:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Ian O'Friel" <Genius@glasgow.crosswinds.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Right, I've got the right KDE files Now........... [Was: What to do with KDE....]
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626103437.25008T-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <004901bda087$25d9c5e0$19e107c3@metallica>

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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Ian O'Friel wrote:

> I wondered why those other files only created Directories....
> 
> I went along to the KDE site and this time it didn't moan about having 200
> Users already logged on which was the reason I went to the FreeBSD site
> anyway....
> 
> I have know downloaded the Files :
> 
> kdebase-beta4-1_src_tar.bz2 - Around 2.28Mb
> kdesupport-beta4-1_src_tar.bz2 - Around 750K
> kdelibs-beta4-1_src_tar.bz2 - Around 640k
> 
> I definetely have the right files the sizes may be a tad wrong but thats
> because I am working on the assumption that my memory actually works.....

Yeah, those look right.

> Now when I try to unTar them I get the message about them not being GZIP
> when I use TAR xvfz <file> and a message like 'Hmmm, Doesn't look like a
> TAR file' when I use TAR xvf <file>, I am taking a wild guess and
> thinking that I need the thing mentioned on the FTP page (bzip2 or
> somethin ?). 
> 
Yes.

I highly recommend using the ports.  You have to grab the entire ports
tree to make it work since there are lots of dependencies, but it's a good
grab.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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