The utility zip is not in your path

LinuxScott · 05-05-2003, 03:20 PM

Hello can you please help

I am trying to open a zip file with ARK and I keep getting this message "The utility zip is not in your PATH. Please install it or contact your system administrator. Can you tell me what I need to do to get this to work.

Thanks
Scott

td3201 · 05-05-2003, 03:26 PM

In a terminal type this:
which zip

If it returns:
/usr/bin/which: no zip in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:etc.....)
then you need to install the zip utility. Let us know your distribution (redhat, suse, slackware, etc) so we can help you in installing this.

If it returns a path like:
/usr/bin/zip
then you have it installed and ark is doing something incorrectly.

Start there...find out if you have zip installed by doing what I suggested above.

LinuxScott · 05-05-2003, 03:31 PM

I am using Mandrake 9.0

td3201 · 05-05-2003, 03:35 PM

Run the commands I suggested above to see if zip is at least in your path.

I think in mandrake:
rpm -qa | grep zip
should give you some useful information.

acid_kewpie · 05-05-2003, 03:38 PM

well install the rpm if it's not there like he said....

LinuxScott · 05-05-2003, 04:06 PM

I entered that command and this is what showed up in the terminal window
libbzip2_1-1.0.2-10mdk
bzip2-1.0.2-10mdk
unzip-5.50-2mdk
gzip-1.2.4a-11mdk

where do I go from here

td3201 · 05-05-2003, 04:17 PM

http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2htm...mandrake&arch=

LinuxScott · 05-05-2003, 04:55 PM

thanks for the help guys it worked successfully

Scott