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I have downloaded all ZIPs required to install FPC (separated ZIPs and the whole 22 MB one). Neither I could unpack the big one (PowerArchiver 6.x) nor install using Install.exe. Can anyone explain why, and what I should do to start with FPC?
I use NT 4.0 Workstation (Polish version)
AB
Adam Bartkowski wroteI have downloaded all ZIPs required to install FPC (separated ZIPs and the whole 22 MB one). Neither I could unpack the big one (PowerArchiver 6.x) nor install using Install.exe. Can anyone explain why, and what I should do to start with FPC?
What exactly do you mean by "can't install using install.exe"? And if PowerArchiver doesn't work, try another unzip program. All files are in the standard zip format. Since you're the first one to report problems unzipping the file, I suspect your archiver is broken and not the zipfile (or maybe the zipfile got corrupted while downloading).
Jonas
I have tried to start install.exe, but only the message appeared in MS-DOS window "This…
That's probably cause by the same thing as your corrupted zipfiles.
The length of install.exe is 83 987 B.
That's wrong, it should be 83456 bytes. I checked in our local mirror (the Belgian one), but it syncronizes with ftp.freepascal.org every night.
It seems the files are downloaded in text mode for you instead of binary mode. Do you use an ftp client? If so, is it set to binary mode? I just tested the big zipfile here and it checks out ok:
unzip -t dosw32104full.zip
Archive: dosw32104full.zip
testing: asldw32.zip OK
testing: basew32.zip OK
testing: demo.zip OK
testing: doc-htm.zip OK
testing: docs-pdf.zip OK
testing: gdbw32.zip OK
testing: idew32.zip OK
testing: install.dat OK
testing: installd.dat OK
testing: installd.exe OK
testing: install.exe OK
testing: makew32.zip OK
testing: readme.txt OK
testing: uapiexm.zip OK
testing: uapiw32.zip OK
testing: ubasw32.zip OK
testing: udbw32.zip OK
testing: ufclexm.zip OK
testing: ufclw32.zip OK
testing: ugfxw32.zip OK
testing: ugtkw32.zip OK
testing: umisw32.zip OK
testing: unetw32.zip OK
testing: upkgexm.zip OK
testing: utilw32.zip OK
testing: whatsnew.txt OK
testing: asldgo32.zip OK
testing: basego32.zip OK
testing: gdbgo32.zip OK
testing: idego32.zip OK
testing: makego32.zip OK
testing: uapigo32.zip OK
testing: ubasgo32.zip OK
testing: ufclgo32.zip OK
testing: umisgo32.zip OK
testing: unetgo32.zip OK
testing: utilgo32.zip OK
testing: cwsdpmi.exe OK
testing: apisrc.zip OK
testing: basesrc.zip OK
testing: compsrc.zip OK
testing: docsrc.zip OK
testing: fclsrc.zip OK
testing: idesrc.zip OK
testing: instsrc.zip OK
testing: pkgssrc.zip OK
testing: rtlsrc.zip OK
testing: utilsrc.zip OK
No errors detected in compressed data of dosw32104full.zip.
Maybe you should try downloading it using a web browser instead of with an ftp client instead (and make source you save it "As source" and not as "text" if you use Netscape)
Jonas
What exactly do you mean by "can't install using install.exe"? And if PowerArchiver…
I have tried to start install.exe, but only the message appeared in MS-DOS window "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" (Strange that in DOS mode? I also think so.)
The length of install.exe is 83 987 B.
The files I have tried to unzip were downloaded from 3 or more different sites (FPC main site, NL, DE, JP and Sunsite in PL) - the result was always the same. Archiver is OK, I have also tried to use Windows Commander internal unzip and Winzip 8.0. They both signal the same - archive is corrupted.
The problem is with all ZIPs - the big one (dosw32104full.zip, length 22 930 411 B) as well as separeted ZIPs downloaded together with install.exe.
AB