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> Bug reference: 2630
> Logged by: Alan Escreet
> Email address: leet3lite@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.1.4
> Operating system: Windows
> Description: Can't unpack
> Details:=20
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> I am unable to unpack the database from the tar.gz file. I=20
> have tried all the suggested packages to do so from the gzip=20
> website, but they were all unsuccessful. I have checked the=20
> downloaded file's md5 checksum and it is ok. Is there an=20
> error in the tar.gz file?
> Is there a differently packaged PostgreSQL that I can try=20
> (i.e. a zip file)?
> It has taken me 3 hours so far trying to get the database out=20
> of the box with no success...
If you're building from source, the tar package of msys should work just
fine, and you need msys anyway.
If you just want the binary installer, you are downloading the wrong
file - you'll want the ZIP archive at
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.4/win32/.
//Magnus
