Re: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter

[John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>]

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.
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