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Fwd: [h-e-w] Installing emacs
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Richard M. Heiberger |
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Fwd: [h-e-w] Installing emacs |
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:39:29 -0400 |
Power archiver probably did the wrong thing. My guess is it did the gunzip
only and left you with a tar file. It really is better to use gunzip and tar
from the command line rather than attempting to use the windows tools.
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.2.4.msdos.exe
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.12.msdos.exe
Rich
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:11:58 +0000
>From: "Cathalina Fontenelle" <address@hidden>
>Subject: [h-e-w] Installing emacs
>To: address@hidden
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>I am a newcomer to this so here is a very basic question. Tried installing
>emacs on windows xp, downloaded the emacs.tar.gz file and extracted it using
>PowerArchiver. However, there was no bin directory and no executable. What
>is the problem and how to correct it. I did check the archives, but the
>links show 2003 and sent me to dead links. Any help appreciated.
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>Cathy
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>Have a Nice Day :):):):):)
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