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[svn] Make dtrx -v print *something*.
paulv wants it to act like tar -v. I'm not yet convinced this is a good
idea because it makes less sense with dtrx moving things around on you. It
could do an ls for you, of course, but... why? But it definitely is weird
to have it be silent.
| 42 | 1 | dtrx Installation Documentation |
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4 | Requirements |
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5 | ------------ |
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| 42 | 7 | dtrx will work out of the box with Python_ 2.4 or greater. You can also |
| 8 | use Python 2.3 if you separately install the `subprocess module`_. | |
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10 | .. _Python: http://www.python.org/ |
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11 | .. _`subprocess module`: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~astrand/popen5/ |
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| 42 | 13 | dtrx calls out to different external tools to support different archive |
| 14 | types. Most of these are already installed on most GNU/Linux systems, so | |
| 15 | you probably won't have to worry about these too much, but just for | |
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16 | completeness, the exact requirements for each format are as follows: |
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18 | tar archives |
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19 | tar |
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21 | zip archives |
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22 | unzip, zipinfo |
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24 | cpio archives |
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25 | cpio |
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27 | rpm archives |
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28 | rpm2cpio, cpio |
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30 | deb archives |
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31 | ar, tar, zcat |
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| 42 | 33 | gem archives |
| 34 | tar, zcat | |
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| 36 | 7z archives | |
| 37 | 7z | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | Microsoft Cabinet archives | |
| 40 | cabextract | |
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42 | Files compressed with gzip or compress |
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43 | zcat |
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45 | Files compressed with bzip2 |
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46 | bzcat |
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| 42 | 48 | Files compressed with lzma |
| 49 | lzcat | |
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51 | Installation |
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52 | ------------ |
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| 42 | 54 | dtrx is just a simple script, making it easy to stash wherever you need it. |
| 55 | Just copy ``scripts/dtrx`` to a location that's convenient for you. If | |
| 56 | you'd like to install the program system-wide, you can run the following as | |
| 57 | root or equivalent:: | |
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59 | python setup.py install |
