LYNX-DEV Re: your mail

[brian2]

> 
> Anyway, my problem is as follows:
> 
> I downloaded lynx2-6.tar.Z, uncompressed it, executed chmod755, and tried 
> to execute as follows:
> 
> % lynx2-6.tar
> 
> and I got:
> 
> lynx2-6.tar: Syntax error at line 1: '(' unexpected


Hello. What you have is a .tar file, or 'tape archive'. This is one of the
many compression methods in Unix. What you would need to do is type 
tar -xf (or tar -xvf) at your shell prompt to unarchive it, then you
should be fine.

Hope this helps.

--Brian


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