_I am Reptar 35 Posted June 13, 2004 what can i use on the mac to open .gzip and .gz files,i'm a mac n00b plz help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaZZacK 0 Posted June 13, 2004 .gz is a linux archive, I'm not sure if you can extract it on a mac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_I am Reptar 35 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the evn show 138 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_I am Reptar 35 Posted June 13, 2004 nope,it asks me what i want to use to open it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
session 0 Posted June 13, 2004 er... did you try stuffit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markjensen 98 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). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the evn show 138 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_I am Reptar 35 Posted June 13, 2004 THANKS,worked fine,loving camino,thnx again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pilsbury 0 Posted June 13, 2004 There's a free version of StuffIt at www.stuffit.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misecia 0 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
