Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

[John Hendy]

Just tried doing my first ODT export while booted into Windows and
don't have the zip utility that Org is looking for. From searching,
this thread suggests Info-zip:
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/43994

But it's not clear to me what was installed there. If you check out
the sourceforge repo, there's WiZ and a Zip 3.x (latest) which seem to
be the most promising candidates:
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/files/

I downloaded both. WiZ gives me a WiZ.exe file, but I'm not sure if
that's what worked for Sebastian in the thread (rename zip.exe and add
to path? Or did he compile the Zip 3.x stuff -- there's no executables
in that download from what I saw).

Trying to run WiZ.exe --help opens a GUI, so I'm not sure this is the
command line utility that Org is looking for...

Anyone else been through the setup process? I don't use Cygwin, nor do
I want to set it up. I use Windows only when absolutely necessary, so
minimal time investment for setup is my goal.


Thanks for any suggestions!
John

Re: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

[Achim Gratz]

John Hendy writes:
> Just tried doing my first ODT export while booted into Windows and
> don't have the zip utility that Org is looking for. From searching,
> this thread suggests Info-zip:
> - http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/43994

You'll need the latest versions of unzip and zip.  The binaries are
available from the Info-Zip FTP or any of its many mirror sites:

ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/win32/

WiZ uses the same code but is a GUI application, so it doesn't do what
you want.


Regards,
Achim.
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Re: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

[John Hendy]

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:09 AM, Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> wrote:
> John Hendy writes:
>> Just tried doing my first ODT export while booted into Windows and
>> don't have the zip utility that Org is looking for. From searching,
>> this thread suggests Info-zip:
>> - http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/43994
>
> You'll need the latest versions of unzip and zip.  The binaries are
> available from the Info-Zip FTP or any of its many mirror sites:
>
> ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/win32/
>

Could you provide the equivalent at this repo?
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/files/

The ftp link above isnt showing any contents in my browser. I
downloaded both WiZ and the zip30.zip file by following the path `Zip
3.x (latest)` -> `3.0` -> zip30.zip but didn't see any executables in
there. Looked like source that needed to be built and my Win 7 usage
is slow low that I don't really care to fuss with make tools on it.

I ended up tracking down some zip.exe specific download, presumably
from Info-zip since I wasn't easily finding the direct .exe download
hunting around on their sourceforge site.


Thanks for any suggestions,
John

> WiZ uses the same code but is a GUI application, so it doesn't do what
> you want.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
> --
> +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+
>
> SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1:
> http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada
>
>

Re: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

[Jambunathan K]

1. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html
2. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zip.htm

For Emacs + Windows there is this repo

        http://sourceforge.net/projects/ezwinports/files/

maintained by Eli Zaretskii.

In EzWinPorts, I don't see Zip and Unzip.  But if you write to Eli (he
posted on this mailing list a few days back) he may make a port of this
available.

ps: I am no longer on Windows, but in the past I have used dlls from
GnuWin32 package.

Jambunathan K.

John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:

> Just tried doing my first ODT export while booted into Windows and
> don't have the zip utility that Org is looking for. From searching,
> this thread suggests Info-zip:
> - http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/43994
>
> But it's not clear to me what was installed there. If you check out
> the sourceforge repo, there's WiZ and a Zip 3.x (latest) which seem to
> be the most promising candidates:
> - http://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/files/
>
> I downloaded both. WiZ gives me a WiZ.exe file, but I'm not sure if
> that's what worked for Sebastian in the thread (rename zip.exe and add
> to path? Or did he compile the Zip 3.x stuff -- there's no executables
> in that download from what I saw).
>
> Trying to run WiZ.exe --help opens a GUI, so I'm not sure this is the
> command line utility that Org is looking for...
>
> Anyone else been through the setup process? I don't use Cygwin, nor do
> I want to set it up. I use Windows only when absolutely necessary, so
> minimal time investment for setup is my goal.
>
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
> John

Re: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

[Achim Gratz]

John Hendy writes:
> Could you provide the equivalent at this repo?
> - http://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/files/

As the name implies, that's where you get the sources.

> The ftp link above isnt showing any contents in my browser.

Get a browser that tells you why it doesn't show anything or (on a
hunch) teach it which proxy it needs to contact for FTP links.  Or find
a HTTP mirror, like these:

http://fossies.org/windows/misc/zip300xn.zip/
http://www.scopr.com/ftpsites/ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/win32/

I could swear that every TeX mirror had these, but it appears they're
not mirroring Info-ZIP anymore.

> I downloaded both WiZ and the zip30.zip file by following the path
> `Zip 3.x (latest)` -> `3.0` -> zip30.zip but didn't see any
> executables in there. Looked like source that needed to be built and
> my Win 7 usage is slow low that I don't really care to fuss with make
> tools on it.

Yes, these are the sources, you'd need to compile them.  You want
binaries.


Regards,
Achim.
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Re: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

[John Hendy]

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> wrote:
> John Hendy writes:
>> Could you provide the equivalent at this repo?
>> - http://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/files/
>
> As the name implies, that's where you get the sources.
>
>> The ftp link above isnt showing any contents in my browser.
>
> Get a browser that tells you why it doesn't show anything or (on a
> hunch) teach it which proxy it needs to contact for FTP links.  Or find
> a HTTP mirror, like these:
>
> http://fossies.org/windows/misc/zip300xn.zip/
> http://www.scopr.com/ftpsites/ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/win32/
>
> I could swear that every TeX mirror had these, but it appears they're
> not mirroring Info-ZIP anymore.
>
>> I downloaded both WiZ and the zip30.zip file by following the path
>> `Zip 3.x (latest)` -> `3.0` -> zip30.zip but didn't see any
>> executables in there. Looked like source that needed to be built and
>> my Win 7 usage is slow low that I don't really care to fuss with make
>> tools on it.
>
> Yes, these are the sources, you'd need to compile them.  You want
> binaries.

Then I'll consider the above for documentation, but not for usage in
situations like my own where I don't have the slightest inclination to
install make tools. I'll stick to places where I can find executable
downloads for general recommendation. Though, as a side thought,
there's likely to be a lot more make-tool-enabled Win users on this
list than not. Since I only use Windows when forced and Linux works
just fine... I'm just not compelled to mess with it any more than I
absolutely have to.


John

>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
> --
> +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+
>
> SD adaptations for Waldorf Q V3.00R3 and Q+ V3.54R2:
> http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada
>
>