Clay wrote:
>
> i am getting it as text! not source...i mean it does this when i get
> precompiled binarys.... and it doens't make sence because i know what
> your talking about and if it was in ASCII the rpm wouldn't even work
> properly...(at least i wouldn't think...)
I might be a little slow, but what exactly is going wrong?
Are you able to install the packages after they're downloaded?
Do the applications within those packages work?
Show us some examples about what's going wrong and we'll try to do
better than guess at what you mean.
> Paul A. Bernicchi wrote:
>
> > Are you downloading files as SOURCE or TEXT? I know Netscape
> > Communicator gives you the option, I forget if kfm does. This owuld
> > be the equivalent of GETting a .ZIP binary from an FTP with ASCII mode
> > set. Paul
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Clay
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thursday, March 04, 1999
> > 11:18 AMSubject: Re: [newbie] installing RPM all files are
> > treated like documents?!?
> > no i meant all files are treated like text files instead of
> > executeables
> > ...sorry was in hurry when writing this
> >
> > Steve Philp wrote:
> >
> > > Clay wrote:
> > > >
> > > > when i install a file from an rpm or tar.gz it seems
> > that all the files
> > > > in the rpm or tar.gz are treated like text files instead
> > of executables
> > > > like they should be! what gives?! i downloaded these
> > files under windows
> > > > 98 then mounted my fat 32 partition under linux got the
> > files from the
> > > > fat 32 partition put them on my linux partition and
> > tried to install
> > > > them and it extracts them ok and everything just none of
> > the files are
> > > > treated correctly they are all treated like
> > executeables! someone please
> > > > help me!
> > >
> > > What do you mean by "they're treated like executables"?
> > Are you able to
> > > install them?
> > >
> > > It's possible that the permissions on the files are being
> > munged because
> > > you're putting them on a FAT32 partition that has no idea
> > about file
> > > permissions or ownership. I've noticed that when using my
> > FAT32
> > > partition under Linux all files are listed as executable.
> > >
> > > I doubt that it's going to cause a problem for you, since
> > even if you
> > > ATTEMPTED to execute them nothing would happen. If it
> > bothers you,
> > > simply chmod them to be non-executable (chmod -x
> > <filename>) and you're
> > > all set.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Philp "Oh Lord, I go for penguins.
> > 'Cause penguins are
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] so sensitive to my needs..."
> > --Lyle Lovett
> >
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