Reading between the lines, you probable now have a GNOME desktop which does not have right click option for various compressions. Some compression programs are not installed under a basic GNOME install - search for the and they will be installed but not the handy right click on your file manager
Scott Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 01:26:04AM -0400, Ken Jennings wrote: >> openSuse 10.2 >> 2.6.18.8-0.5-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:17:53 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> Is compress/uncompress really not available in the distro? I went to >> install >> it and Yast Software Management won't show me any package that either >> provides or is named "compress". Oddly, the man pages are installed. >> >> Yes, I know compress is a lame, old program. But, I'm working with some .Z >> files from a customer and the normally cooperative zcat objects to >> decompressing and displaying them. Can anyone tell me where to find >> current >> source for compress? I found a web site with some source labelled 4.3d from >> 1990. "$@(#) compress.c,v 4.3d 90/01/18 03:00:00" Is this current? > > .Z should be decompressible with zcat / gunzip just fine. > > "ncompress" contains the old compress/uncompress. > > Ciao, Marcus
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