Re: FVWM: Installing fvwm2.2.4 into open linux 2.3

From: Thomas A. Gardiner <gardiner_at_pas.rochester.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 08:02:07 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 3 May 2000, root wrote:

>I tried to unpack the downloaded fvwm file using gzip -cd filename into
>the too ..it strarts but then stops after a while and pc beeps!
>can anyone help , with how to get fvwm -2.2.4.tar.gz up and running .on
>Open Linux 2.3 ... be most appreciated ...

I'm not familiar with that dist. of linux, but if you have GNU tar
installed, it also understands how to unzip a file. So you can either do

tar xzf fvwm2.2.4.tar.gz

or

gunzip fvwm2.2.4.tar.gz

tar xf fvwm2.2.4.tar

and it's unpacked. Then just build and install and you're on your way.

Tom

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Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 07:04:18 BST