GNU bug report logs - #32865
Running gzip on Windows 64-bit

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Jeffrey Klakovich <jvklak <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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Report forwarded to bug-gzip <at> gnu.org:
bug#32865; Package gzip. (Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:52:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gzip <at> gnu.org. (Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:52:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Jeffrey Klakovich <jvklak <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Running gzip on Windows 64-bit
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:44:29 -0700

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Hi,

I'm getting this error.

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Is there a workaround for my version of Windows 10?

Thanks!
Jeff

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bug#32865; Package gzip. (Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:13:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 32865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephen Kitt <steve <at> sk2.org>
To: 32865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jeffrey Klakovich <jvklak <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#32865: Running gzip on Windows 64-bit
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:03:46 +0200

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:44:29 -0700, Jeffrey Klakovich <jvklak <at> gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm getting this error.
> 
> [image: Capture.PNG]
> 
> Is there a workaround for my version of Windows 10?

You need to use a version of gzip for Windows rather than for DOS. GnuWin32
has an older version: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm
(“older”, but still newer than the DOS version you’re trying to use).

I’m not aware of any easily-installable newer release of gzip for Windows;
Debian has a build of gzip 1.9 for Windows (see
https://packages.debian.org/buster/gzip-win32 for links) but I’m not sure
it’s easy to extract.

7-zip supports gzip-compressed files and is available for Windows, see
https://www.7-zip.org/

Regards,

Stephen

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bug closed, send any further explanations to 32865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Jeffrey Klakovich <jvklak <at> gmail.com> Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:24:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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