From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f8acad549298f397 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!4e740e1a!not-for-mail From: "Robert Klungle" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1671489.d42ZOh6TGS@linux1.krischik.com> Subject: Re: ada 2005 from libre X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:23:18 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.0.207.24 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net 1156094598 76.0.207.24 (Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:23:18 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:23:18 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6280 Date: 2006-08-20T17:23:18+00:00 List-Id: "Martin Krischik" wrote in message news:1671489.d42ZOh6TGS@linux1.krischik.com... > Robert Klungle wrote: > >> Has anyone successfully downloaded and installed the new (relatively) >> ada-gpl-2006.. from libre2.adacore? The surrounding verbage says the file >> should be (for Windows) an exe file. When the download starts, the file >> is >> labeled as a bin. When trying to run it, I get a window asking what tool >> to open it with (notepad, wordpad, etc.). Tried WinZip on it but it >> doesn't recognize it either. >> >> Any suggestions??? > > Try a different browser ;-) > > Seriously: > > 1) What browser did you use? > > 2) Did you (A) download just the exe or (B) bundled several files into one > download? > > 3) If (A): Have you tried to just rename the file to *.exe (Your browser > might have stored it with the wrong extension) > > 3) If (B): Have you ever heard of the tar archiver? You need one for > bundled > downloads (Apart from the fact that the bowser should have used *.tar as > extension in this case). > > And yes: the download works with a standart compliant browser and the > needed > archiving tools (For windows users I suggest opera [1] and 7zip [2].) > > Martin > > [1] http://www.opera.com > [2] http://7zip.sf.net > -- > mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net > Ada programming at: http://ada.krischik.com Hi Martin, 1) Using Internet Explorer (the only one I have) 2) Tried both (A) and (B). Same result. 3) Tried renaming to .exe and same result (doesn't recognize file type). Tried downloading both 3 times. 4) Yes. Have tar archiver. Don't get far enough to use it. 5) Will try downloading opera and 7zip. See what happens. TKS much. bob