Ubuntu
file-roller package

error installing software

Asked by Lori

I;ve downloaded screensavers from http://www.digimindsoft.com/Holidays-Screensavers-Category-12t1.html. I get this error when I try to install. I get reading archive then I get this error

 Archive: /home/lori/Downloads/GoblinsFest3DInst.exe
[/home/lori/Downloads/GoblinsFest3DInst.exe]
  End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/lori/Downloads/GoblinsFest3DInst.exe or
          /home/lori/Downloads/GoblinsFest3DInst.exe.zip, and cannot find /home/lori/Downloads/GoblinsFest3DInst.exe.ZIP, period.

Can anyone help with this?
Thank you Lori

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Best George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Lori,

The error you are getting right now is due to a corrupt/incomplete download. You can try downloading it again to see if the install works.

BUT, I managed to get it installed (it's a Windows Screen Saver in scr format), but it doesn't seem to run on my Ubuntu 10.10 setup (which isn't really a big surprise for me).

You would be MUCH better off looking for native linux applications to install/run.

Best of luck,
George

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Lori (lowee01) said : 		#2

tried it again and it did the same thuunk.. Thanks I'll look for the right screensavers that will work