Word Perfect 8 corrupt download?

Word Perfect 8 corrupt download?

Post by Jeffery Can » Sun, 20 Dec 1998 04:00:00



I have downloaded both the 23 MB archive and the 7 smaller archives of
WP 8 for Linux.

When I try to unzip the archives:  (unzip version 5.31)

 End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip:  can't find zipfile directory in one of GUI00.GZ or
        GUI00.GZ.zip, and can't find GUI00.GZ.ZIP, period.

Then, as the download instructions (http://www.download.com) document, I
tried to use gunzip which also barfs:

gunzip: gui00.gz: not in gzip format  (gunzip version 1.2.4)

Is this just a corrupted archive or what?  I cannot unzip any of the 8
archives.  While I could understand maybe one or two corrupted files,
it's hard to believe its just a transfer problem.

Any comments are appreciated.
Jeff

--
"There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that
will
stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will
stop major governments from reading your files."  

Bruce Schneier, "Applied Cryptography"

 
 
 

Word Perfect 8 corrupt download?

Post by Lisa DeMut » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00



> I have downloaded both the 23 MB archive and the 7 smaller archives of
> WP 8 for Linux.

<snip>

Quote:

> Is this just a corrupted archive or what?  I cannot unzip any of the 8
> archives.  While I could understand maybe one or two corrupted files,
> it's hard to believe its just a transfer problem.

Jeff:

What are you downloading with?  I had problems when I downloaded with
Netscape.  It automatically gunzips on the fly.  Try tar xvf.

Also, the install program *won't* work unless you rename the files.  They
have to be in lower case for the Runme script to recognize them.  So,
if you have in fact downloaded with netscape do the following to all of
them:

mv GUI00.GZ gui00

Hope this helps.

--
Lisa DeMuth  -  redhead at toledo dot crosswinds dot net
-------------------------------
"Put A Penguin in your Processor."
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