Sigil-1.0.0 Released

[DiapDealer]

Any version of mac able to run the version of Sigil being downloaded should be perfectly capable of extracting the archive. There's a link in the release notes to a document that describes exactly how to extract the txz file.

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by tetrault

I am trying to download the Mac version of Sigil 1. The file has a txz extension. I have Apple's expander plus three others. None can open the file.

I've just tested this on an older Mac and when I double-clicked the .txz file, it was automatically unpacked by the built-in Archive Utility app.

1. What's your macOS version?
2. What's your Archive Utility version?

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

I've just tested this on an older Mac and when I double-clicked the .txz file, it was automatically unpacked by the built-in Archive Utility app.

1. What's your macOS version?
2. What's your Archive Utility version?

Really?? I have a 2-year-old Mac running High Sierra and Archive Utility 10.10. Double-clicking results in a cpgz file.

I use the Terminal commands provided in the link DiapDealer mentioned. It's great fun, actually, watching Sigil unpack itself in the Terminal window. Plus, using Terminal commands makes me feel like a big girl

That said, when I boot same Mac from external drive running Catalina, double-clicking .txz does unpack Sigil straightaway.

How old is this Mac of yours and what OS is it running?

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by odamizu

How old is this Mac of yours and what OS is it running?

I tested this on the Mac of a friend. The OS is Yosemite 10.10.1 and the Archive Utility version is 10.10. AFAIK, the only other archive app installed on the Mac is Keka (freeware).
Maybe Keka added system-wide .txz support?
Can you please download and install Keka? You should then be able to select Open With > Keka to unpack the .txz file. If that doesn't work either, another third party app must have added .txz support.

Edit: Apparently txz support was added in Yosemite. Maybe it was removed in later versions.

[odamizu]

The Unarchiver also works (which is the app suggested in the release notes).

But as far as I can tell, the Archive Utility that comes with High Sierra (and likely earlier macOS versions) won't extract a txz. But the Catalina version will. Don't know about Mojave.

[KevinH]

It was broken for a while because the choice to compress or decompress got broken.

[asleyam]

Originally Posted by odamizu

The Unarchiver also works (which is the app suggested in the release notes).

But as far as I can tell, the Archive Utility that comes with High Sierra (and likely earlier macOS versions) won't extract a txz. But the Catalina version will. Don't know about Mojave.

Mohave has native support for extraction of the txz files.