On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 08:49, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: >> >> You mistook what I said. I don't mind being wrong, but first check to make >> sure what I said. <SNIP> > I'm sorry Roy in the future I'll try to be less obtuse. But really I thought > this thread was about installing software in Linux!
No, this rambling topic has covered a lot of non-related things. You have, however, remained true to form by wading in at the first mention of Debian to gleefully attack Roy while waving the "Debian Superiority" flag in everyone's face in yet another attempt to tell everyone how inferior they are if they don't run Debian GNU/PTA/OMG/BBQ Linux (can't forget the Acronyms, they're important) and how it's the most bestest distribution in the whole wide world. It's formulaic and really pointless and rude and waving it away with a "Oh hahah my bad" just isn't going to cut it. If you want to hang out and fellate other Debian zealots, they have their own forums. This is not Debain_Linux, it is not Debian_Newbies, it is LINUX_Newbies and last time I checked is distro agnostic. I seem to recall there being several hundred distributions overall. Here's a very abridged list of distributions for you to explore, and believe it or not, not all of them are Debian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions Now, to get back on topic... http://www.7-zip.org/download.html <--has a lot of pre-compiled binaries for MANY distributions, not just Debian. They even have one for Amiga... There's even a blog about it: http://www.techrecipes.net/operatingsystem/linux/extract-7z-file? that details how to install 7zip and use it with Nautilus... The problem is that you're basically then unzipping a package and either running it from where you extracted the package, or running some sort of install script. This does not mesh with the usual package management systems (deb or rpm) so their associated databases will have no information at all about the games you're trying to install... thus, removing them becomes a bit of a nightmare unless you're running them out of one directory. As a learning experiment, have you considered contacting the games' owners and asking why they don't release in standard Linux formats like RPM or Deb? Or even Tarball, which is a far older and more common package format (fairly similar to RAR files in Windows) Linuxes also usually have a built in unzip program, you could try that from a command line and see if it supports extracting 7zip files as well. It may not, but it's worth a shot at least... Cheers Jeff ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
