Re: zip and unzip not installed
Quoting Patrick Kirk (patrick@kirks.net):
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> The zip tools have not been installed so I can't open a gnome help file which came in zip format.
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> dselect pulls up dozens of files when I try to find the ones I need. Most are things like the gcc libraries. Can't see why they come up when I search for unzip but there it is.
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> What command can I use to get the zip, unzip, and rpm tools including alien from a folder called /cdrom/debian/stable/i386?
zip/unzip are non-free which is perhaps why you haven't found them.
You might find them by typing ls -R /cdrom | less and then /unzip
(/zip may hit too much noise) and then dpkg -i filenames...
to install them.
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