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Re: gunzip - invalid compressed data?



Rich Hartman wrote:
> 
> ...HOWEVER, when I type in "gunzip linuxgui8.tar.gz", I get the
> message:
> 
>    gunzip: linuxgui8.tar.gz: invalid compressed data -- format
>    violated

Did you download BINARY ???

> On a related note, IF I do get it working (with all of your help, of
> course) - where should I place the "wordperfect" directory? Is there
> some type of UNIX standard for where this type of directory should go?
> 

It's only a matter of taste ... my reccomendation would be placing all
"non packages" under a /usr/local tree (/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib,
/usr/local/man etc.) and having the right pointers in your user's PATH
variable.

> Also, IF I get it to work, should I run the Runme file in X?
> 

If WordPerfect supports X yes if not you will not need this.

-- 
Robert J. Alexander <rja@raleigh.ibm.com>
AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim
Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy



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