Cant Open .tar.gz

by Ivan on 05/30/2004 19:34, 21 messages, last message: 06/25/2004 19:50, 11408 views, last view: 05/04/2024 19:11

How can i run cube in this file,i have windows 98SE :(

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#2: its not a ZIP

by Ivan on 05/30/2004 20:38

I cant open it,i have winzip tough,but it isnt working,its .gz and it caant know the file :(,i think i got to use the old cube 2003

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#3: ..

by arghvark on 05/30/2004 20:41

get winrar

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#4: ..

by Thalion on 05/30/2004 20:48

http://www.cubeengine.com/forum.php4?action=display_thread&thread_id=313&start=225

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#5: Re: its not a ZIP

by Aardappel on 05/30/2004 21:15, refers to #2

if you have winzip installed, just doubleclicking the .gz will open it.

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#6: Re: its not a ZIP

by pushplay on 05/30/2004 23:03, refers to #5

Unless you have some ancient version.

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#7: Re: ..

by Cyl1t3L on 06/03/2004 19:22, refers to #3

Or get FilZip - Somebody told me about it on this forum so i tested it and it worked very good... http://www.filzip.com/en/download.html

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#8: ..

by Cyl1t3L on 06/03/2004 19:24

"#2: Re: the new release...

by krach on 05/23/2004 18:12 through 80.139.187.168 in New April (?) cube release...


Or try filzip, It's free. Someone told me it should work for tgz.

www.filzip.com"

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#9: once open

by fgbg on 06/11/2004 20:31

once i open the file how do i install it

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#10: ..

by thecoolfool on 06/11/2004 22:32

Ya Im havin' the same problem but Im downloadin' that filzip so I hope it works.

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#11: zips...

by Pxtl on 06/11/2004 22:57

Aard, I think you're gonna have to release this as a zip file or even better yet a self-extractor for these people. Windows XP has native support for .zip files, but apparently .tar.gz is just too hard for these poor folks to figure out. Ya need an unzipper (any unzipper will do) to get tar.gz.

I know the old motto is "don't blame the user" - but they're making this really, really hard.

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#12: ..

by thecoolfool on 06/11/2004 22:59

Ok Ive opened it with Filzip so how do I Install and Play?

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#13: ..

by thecoolfool on 06/11/2004 23:08

It says "This application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

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#14: Re: ..

by spentron-postcrash2 on 06/11/2004 23:12, refers to #13

The following will hold your hand a bit through the install and startup procedure: http://www.intergate.com/~spentron/cube/cube.html

I'm guessing you didn't extract everything or didn't extract using folders.

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#15: ..

by thecoolfool on 06/11/2004 23:47

Ok thanks now Im actually getting somewhere. Im a complete N00b when it comes to these things >.<

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#16: Re: zips...

by Aardappel on 06/13/2004 01:07, refers to #11

its always something... before I had the linux n00bs not knowing how to use chmod, now I have the windows n00bs who don't know how to use winzip/winrar... or even worse, how to start a program if it doesn't come with an installer.

I don't know what to do here. I don't feel like literring SF with 2 identical archives just to please kind of people. It is not my goal to reach the maximum amount of people with cube.

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#17: Re: zips...

by D.plomat on 06/13/2004 02:36, refers to #16

Totally agree... well, as beiing not a newbie user myself i don't have much merit for that, but i think that if Cube gives a motivation to either make Linux noobs learn to use chmod, or the Windows noobs install a decent archive utility that's a good thing... and even if it would be easy to use specific installer formats like exe, msi, rpm, deb..., well... a program that doesn't put stuff in the registry or other is a way cleaner and elegant 1-step install method for 2 platforms :)

Unfortunately there aren't many programs targetting also non-technical ppl that runs on both platforms so as there are still some glitches with installation procedures, until either zips accepts *nix permissions or Win* natively supports .tar.gz

Anyway, i'm using a lot of application with support for both platforms and all that i can say is that Cube is by far the one for which the intallation procedure is the most similar on both OSes, and also very simple for the average user.

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#18: Re: ..

by e:n:i:g:m:a on 06/13/2004 04:42, refers to #13

GEEEZ

We can't help you with any filezip problems...

Here's the whole thing in a few easy steps:

1) Go get Winzip or Ultimatezip.
2) Open the Cube archive in the zip app.
3) Open the archive inside the other archive
4) Extract all files to a folder that you will remember
5) go to that folder and look for a folder named "Cube"
6) Double-click the file that is named cube.bat

There you go. It's not that hard.

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#19: Re: ..

by Cyl1t3L on 06/15/2004 13:01, refers to #12

Or you just press the Extract button in FilZip...

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#20: Re: ..

by spentron-postcrash2 on 06/15/2004 15:55, refers to #19

Maybe something tiny and seperate could set the chmod's? But it is kind of hard to completely avoid computer basics.

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#21: ..

by krakensden(windows) on 06/25/2004 19:50

I think the deal is more of a pathological inability to read help files... it does, after all, say readme for a reason :P.

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