Macintosh Unpacking Tools

Although the main DrScheme distribution is distributed as MacBinaryed Stuffit file, we are unable at this time to build user-friendly Stuffit files for other distribution archives.

After downloading a file with the suffix ".tar.gz" (using binary transfer mode, not text), unpack it with the following utilities:

gzip for Macintosh - This is the GNU compression utility. Use the "Expand To..." menu item to uncompress a ".gz" file. The result will be a ".tar" file...
suntar for Macintosh - suntar is a program for unpacking a directory structure from a single file. Open the archive and expand it; expanding creates a new directory in the one you choose. (Unfortunately, we can't build gzip archives with directory structure.)

WARNING: Some users have reported problems when using Stuffit Expander to un-gzip or un-tar on our ".tar.gz" archives. If you have trouble running an executeable after unpacking an archive with Stuffit Expander, please try using gzip and suntar, instead. In archives with Macintosh applications (MrEd and MzScheme), if you use the tar application instead of suntar, you will have to perform one more step after the main archive in unpacked: individual applications must be converted from MacBinary. The README.MAC file in the distribution package explains this in more detail. The suntar application does this automatically.

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