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thickface wrote:
> hi all,
> i just downloaded two files, emacs-21.4a.tar and emacs-21.4a.tar.gz.
> now i am trying to figure out how to install them.  right now, i have
> no idea.  i even don't know what 'tar' and gz mean.
> can anyone help me out??  thanks.
>   
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