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Old 10-13-2002
easy question : how to install this file
hi,

i want to add the gtk libraries into my Sun Solaris 8.

So i got this file from http://www.sunfreeware.com/.

glib-1.2.10-sol8-sparc-local.gz

After i gzip -d it, i got the file below.

glib-1.2.10-sol8-sparc-local

then, what should i do ? how to continue?

pls help me. thank u.

dummy.
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Old 10-14-2002
MySQL
files like glib-1.2.10-sol8-sparc-local.gz has been compress using gzip to uncompress this file
do

gunzip glib-1.2.10-sol8-sparc-local.gz
this will produce glib-1.2.10-sol8-sparc-local

then issue

pkgadd -d glib-1.2.10-sol8-sparc-local

and this will install the glib file
 
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