When is a .tgz file not a .tgz file?

[dragon1964m]

Ok, today is bordering on the absurd. First problem was with the updater in BT3. It seems that when you run it, it says that the GPG keys are invalid. So, I find a fix for that problem on the forums. Download four files and try to install them. Easy? No. That leads to my current problem, I downloaded:

gnupg-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz
gpgme-1.1.4-i486-1.tgz
libassuan-1.0.1-i486-1.tgz
slapt-get-0.9.12c-i386-1.tgz

As per the post I opened a shell and typed: installpkg gnupg-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz

bash response is: cannot install gnupg-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz: package does not end in .tgz

Mouse-over and property tab show the download is a gzipped .tgz file. Just to be safe I found the same file on a different site. Same problem. Any ideas what is going on? This is almost silly.....

[phoenix910]

That installpkg command is when you turn an RPM file into a TGZ file. With those, untar and install them using:
tar xfz gnupg-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz
cd gnupg-1.5.7-i486-1
./configure && make && make install

That should do it.

-Stephen

[KMDave]

Do a "file gnupg-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz" and see which result you get.