Michael Leone on 9 Jul 2008 07:42:38 -0700 |
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote: > Yet another unnecessary multimedia format.... > > I want to use (repeatedly, or I wouldn't bother) a web site that uses Adobe > Air. The Air package is available for Win or Mac, not Linux.. > > I downloaded the Mac package which is a dmg, which 'file' thinks is a bz2. > Indeed ark opens it, but the encapsulated file is also a dmg. Isn't dmg the Mac Disk Image format? Sorta like an ISO? > Is there a way to install or use this in gnome or KDE? I find proprietary > stuff tends to have few dependencies because they tend to distribute the > static libraries that they need. I google "alien dmg" and "linux alien dmg" > and all I get are alien skins for Mac or an Alien Invasion game. > > Any ideas (other than running it in my vm? I have IE4Lin installed so I might > try the windows version under wine. I remember trying to uncompress a dmg under windows once or twice, and being unsuccessful, even with the .. perl? .. script that supposedly works Windows. -- Michael J. Leone, <mailto:turgon@mike-leone.com> PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Photo Gallery: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeleonephotos> This space for rant. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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