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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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