Re: tar/gzip mistake
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 10:50:20PM +0020, phantomlord@wanadoo.nl wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I made a big mistake, instead of updating my tar and gzip files I deleted them.
> Installing them again with apt didn't work because the tar and gzip packages
> need to be unpacked themselves.
> I tried to find the source files of them but I could only find tarballed
> archives of them.
> Is there some other way to get tar and gzip back on my system without reinstalling?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tarik
ftp to ftp.gnu.org
in the gzip directory, you can find a .shar archive that you can unpack by:
sh gzip.shar
then compile it.
this was designed for just this kind of poultry/ovum problem.
likewise for tar.
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