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Opening a .sit file AKA Stuff It

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User wbrokow1
Incident Number 52469
Date 2003/02/27 03:58
Status Incident closed
Paid No

Product 9.0 (Dolphin)
Architecture x86_32
Scope Other Components

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wbrokow1 : 27/02/03 03:58 AM : Incident created
-   I need to open a stuff it .sit on my mandrake 9.0 linux machine. what should I download and WHere do I get it?

 
Linegod_7611 : 27/02/03 04:54 AM : Reply received
-   Download the Linux version of StuffIt from
http://www.stuffit.com/downloads.html

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wbrokow1 : 02/03/03 07:50 PM : More info provided
-   Thanks for the help!But I am new Linux and had trouble installing the software
It says to install in the/usr/local directory, but I need to be SU.
When I become SU I can't locate the Stuff it program to install it!

 
Linegod_7611 : 04/03/03 04:09 AM : Reply received
-   Download the file to '/home/-yourusername-/' then open a console (ALT-F2
then type 'konsole') and:

# cd /home/-yourusername-/
# tar -xvzf stuffit520.611linux-i386.tgz
# su
# cp -a bin/* /usr/bin/
# cp -a doc/* /usr/share/doc/
# cp -a man/* /usr/share/man/
# exit
# rm -rf bin doc man

To test it, type:

# stuff
# man stuff
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wbrokow1 : 18/03/03 04:05 AM : More info provided
-   I get an error when I do the tar command on the Stuffit archive and another archive:

tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

 
wbrokow1 : 18/03/03 04:12 AM : More info provided
-   Nevermind the last comment. I made a typo tar -xvxf!

 
wbrokow1 : 18/03/03 04:16 AM : More info provided
-   Also, how do I addd an icon on the Desktop (KDE) & in the Main menu to start Stuffit? Do I have to do command line stuff?

 
 
wbrokow1 : 25/03/03 01:38 AM : Incident closed
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