Omniweb not extracting in VMware Player (NS3.3)

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Title: Omniweb not extracting in VMware Player (NS3.3)
Post by: NeXTSTEP3.3Inteluser on October 25, 2009, 03:46:02 AM
I have put NeXTSTEP 3.3 in VMware, and I am very new to the NeXTSTEP OS (I got NeXTSTEP from the OS section in the Macintosh Garden), and I put it on VMware. I got the graphics, sound, mouse and network installed, and found Omniweb for NeXTSTEP. I put it onto a floppy disk, and copied it to the hard disk. Now, it won't extract - it has a text file that then dissappears. I would like to know whats wrong.

Thanks,

NeXTSTEP3.3Inteluser
Title: umm... HELLO?
Post by: NeXTSTEP3.3Inteluser on October 26, 2009, 12:51:27 PM
I am still waiting for help - I don't know why the extractor is not extracting tar or gz files, but i am still WAITING
Title: Re: umm... HELLO?
Post by: oneNeXT on October 26, 2009, 02:01:44 PM
Quote from: "NeXTSTEP3.3Inteluser"I don't know why the extractor is not extracting tar or gz files

Which application do you call the "extractor" ?

With the Workspace Manager only archives with the 'compressed' extension are supported.

To extract ".tgz"  or tar.gz files you must use the terminal  with a command like:

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gnutar -xzf someApp.tar.gz

or install an unarchiver app with GUI just like opener.app.

I hope that this will help you
Title: Re: umm... HELLO?
Post by: NeXTSTEP3.3Inteluser on October 26, 2009, 02:40:24 PM
Code Select
gnutar -xzf someApp.tar.gz

Does this come with NeXTSTEP 3.3?
Title: Omniweb not extracting in VMware Player (NS3.3)
Post by: oneNeXT on October 26, 2009, 03:21:14 PM
You can check it easily: launch Terminal.app and type

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gnutar

it will tell you if it is available.

or use this

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gzip -d someApp.tar.gz
tar -xf someApp.tar
Title: Re: umm... HELLO?
Post by: RacerX on October 27, 2009, 03:35:13 AM
Quote from: "NeXTSTEP3.3Inteluser"I am still waiting for help - I don't know why the extractor is not extracting tar or gz files, but i am still WAITING
Just FYI...

Helping isn't a community requirement, it is done out of the goodness of member's hearts.

And far more importantly... you are posting this in the wrong section. Your issue is not an Emulation/Virtualization issue. If you want help with NEXTSTEP and using applications within NEXTSTEP, you should post your questions/requests here (http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=13). A good percentage of us use NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP on real hardware and wouldn't normally even look in Emulation/Virtualization to see if someone was having issues with applications within NEXTSTEP. You post in Emulation/Virtualization if you are having problems getting NEXTSTEP running in emulation.

Also, the odds are that this is not a new issue, so you can search the forums for previous posts by people who have run into the same types of issues.

And of course, the most important tip of all... being demanding isn't the best way to make a good first impression.

Welcome to the forum. :D

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