On Mon, 29 May 2006 14:29:18 +0200, Abrolag <abrolag@...16...> wrote: >When I try to download the latest autopackage build, instead of starting >up the download manager it tries to load into the browser window. This >happens with both FireFox 1.5 and Opera 8.54. > >What am I doing wrong? > Hi, try to right click the link to the .package file and use "Save link target as" option in the context menu that appears. The problem is that server returns the file as simple text and browser reads it in this way.

On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 11:24:27AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 02:44:31PM +0200, Josef Vybiral wrote: > > On Mon, 29 May 2006 14:29:18 +0200, Abrolag > > <abrolag@...16...> wrote: > > > > >When I try to download the latest autopackage build, instead of starting > > >up the download manager it tries to load into the browser window. This > > >happens with both FireFox 1.5 and Opera 8.54. > > > > > >What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > > Hi, try to right click the link to the .package file and use "Save link > > target as" option in the context menu that appears. The problem is that > > server returns the file as simple text and browser reads it in this way. > > Hmm, thanks for pointing this out, this looks like a problem. > > Fortunately, it's easy to solve... we just need to specify a mime-type > for the .package files. Could someone with login access to modevia look > into this? I think it's simply a matter of adding an .htaccess file > with a line like: > > AddType application/x-autopackage .package This is now fixed (thanks Aaron!) Bryce

On Mon, 29 May 2006 19:46:35 +0100 Abrolag <abrolag@...16...> wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2006 11:35:19 -0700 > Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 11:24:27AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > > > On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 02:44:31PM +0200, Josef Vybiral wrote: > > > > On Mon, 29 May 2006 14:29:18 +0200, Abrolag > > > > <abrolag@...16...> wrote: > > > > > > > > >When I try to download the latest autopackage build, instead of starting > > > > >up the download manager it tries to load into the browser window. This > > > > >happens with both FireFox 1.5 and Opera 8.54. > > > > > > > > > >What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, try to right click the link to the .package file and use "Save link > > > > target as" option in the context menu that appears. The problem is that > > > > server returns the file as simple text and browser reads it in this way. > > > > > > Hmm, thanks for pointing this out, this looks like a problem. > > > > > > Fortunately, it's easy to solve... we just need to specify a mime-type > > > for the .package files. Could someone with login access to modevia look > > > into this? I think it's simply a matter of adding an .htaccess file > > > with a line like: > > > > > > AddType application/x-autopackage .package > > > > This is now fixed (thanks Aaron!) > > > > Bryce > > Thanks everybody. I'm now happily downloading the latest version - > could take a little while though (modem) :( Oh dear! A problem. It appears to download and install perfectly, but trying to run it gives the following error: inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libXfixes.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Using 'locate' confirms that this file is not there. The file I am trying to install is: inkscape200605290159.package Version 0.43 works fine. I am using mandrake 10.1