On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 10:50:20PM +0020, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. -- *** Dr P's Book Knowledge, Hell's Bibliophiles, and **** * somewhere over the rainbow, a 99% text-only website * * http://209.24.112.224/DrPseudocryptonym/ * ******** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********** spam ok **********