_I am Reptar Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 what can i use on the mac to open .gzip and .gz files,i'm a mac n00b plz help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaZZacK Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 .gz is a linux archive, I'm not sure if you can extract it on a mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted June 13, 2004 Author Share Posted June 13, 2004 i downloaded Camino,and it's a .gz http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/cam...ino-0.8b.dmg.gz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 (edited) I just double clicked on it - unpacked and then mounted the disk image. Is this not happening for you? EDIT: then edit again - i'll post another response instead. Edited June 13, 2004 by the evn show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted June 13, 2004 Author Share Posted June 13, 2004 nope,it asks me what i want to use to open it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 er... did you try stuffit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted June 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 13, 2004 .gz is a linux archive, I'm not sure if you can extract it on a mac. It's not specific to Linux. It is heavily used in all of the *nix variants, including Linux, the various UNIXes, things like Solaris and BSD. Since the new Macs are run on a BSD platform, it should be easy enough to deal with the gzip file (as it is practically native to BSD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 I just realized that stuff it is an 'optional' package and it will not be installed if you uncheck "additional software" before you install OS X which would explain the problem. SOLUTION: 1. Launch terminal (/applications/utilities/terminal.app) 2. Type "gunzip " (the space after the word 'gunzip' is _required_) don't press enter. 3. Drag and drop the camino .gz file onto the terminal window 4. Press enter 5. When you get another command prompt back - quit terminal. You should see a file called 'comanio-0.8b.dmg' in the same folder as the .gz file - it's a regular disk image so just double click to mount it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted June 13, 2004 Author Share Posted June 13, 2004 THANKS,worked fine,loving camino,thnx again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsbury Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 There's a free version of StuffIt at www.stuffit.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misecia Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Stuffit handles most types of archive files, if it doesn't then change the preferences, there are lots of extras in there that aren't turn on by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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