Re: Auto Opening RPM And Gzipped Files?

[mike <mike redtux demon co uk>]

On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 02:33, Archit Baweja wrote:
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> Hi
> 
> I think there was a module for nautilus, IIRC. I remember too that eazel
> had a Red Carpet like system on there website, in the early days, and from
> inside nautilus one could download and install RPMs. I don't know what
> has become of it now.
> 
> Archit Baweja
> P.S. Although it would be cool to have a nautilus component for this. Maybe
> using File Roller's components would be fruitful.
> 
> Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com> writes:
> 
> > There is a project, RPM Wizard I believe, that can take an RPM and
> > install it.  Search freshmeat/Google, grab it, install it, and set your
> > MIME types.
> > 
> > Now if only such a piece of software existed for Debian users... ~,^
> > 
> > On Sat, 2002-06-22 at 18:35, William Lamb wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Is there any way to be able to double click on rpm's or gzipped files in
> > > a file manager and have a program automatically open them so you can
> > > specify where you want to install them, etc?
> > > 
> > > I am familiar with the File Types and Programs panel in the Gnome
> > > Control Center, but I could not find a gui program capable of working
> > > with Gnome.  I experimented with Gnozip for a while and got it to open
> > > when I double clicked a compressed file, but couldn't figure out how to
> > > pass the file to it.  Not very useful.
> > > 
> > > Has anybody got this working on their system? For rpms? For compressed
> > > files?  I'm running Ximian Gnome on Red Hat 7.2.  Thanks
> > > 
> > > Bill
> > > 

File-roller works perfectly for gzip and bz files

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