Thread: Problem with install instructions
How to install PostgreSQL on Windows: I am stuck on step 3. I downloaded cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 to my c:\ drive and am typing $tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 but am getting an error message I don't understand what you mean by step 3. Does it have to be saved to a particular folder and what do you mean by step 3? Thank you, Tom Berger -------------------------------------------- Formix solutions, Corp. 6423 Frederick Road, Suite 15 Baltimore, MD 21228 http://www.formixsolutions.com V: 410-869-3795 X 12 F: 410-869-3566
cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 should have been put in
c:\cygwin (or wherever you installed cygwin to).
Then you should have gone to BASH (cygwin) prompt
then gone the root of the cygwin sub-filesystem
(by typing cd / ) then tar -jxvf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
This should then expand cygipc to the right place.
hth,
- Stuart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Berger [mailto:tberger@formixsolutions.com]
> Sent: 30 August 2002 16:16
> To: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> Subject: [CYGWIN] Problem with install instructions
>
>
> How to install PostgreSQL on Windows:
>
> I am stuck on step 3. I downloaded cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 to
> my c:\ drive
> and am typing
>
> $tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
>
> but am getting an error message
>
> I don't understand what you mean by step 3.
>
>
> Does it have to be saved to a particular folder and what do
> you mean by step
> 3?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tom Berger
> --------------------------------------------
> Formix solutions, Corp.
> 6423 Frederick Road, Suite 15
> Baltimore, MD 21228
> http://www.formixsolutions.com
> V: 410-869-3795 X 12
> F: 410-869-3566
>
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Tom,
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:16:08AM -0400, Tom Berger wrote:
> How to install PostgreSQL on Windows:
>
> I am stuck on step 3. I downloaded cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 to my c:\ drive
> and am typing
>
> $tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
>
> but am getting an error message
The "$" above indicates the prompt. Just type the following:
tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
> I don't understand what you mean by step 3.
See below...
> Does it have to be saved to a particular folder
Yes, but the above tar command will take care of that.
> and what do you mean by step 3?
The Windows system PATH must have the Cygwin bin directories listed
before the Windows ones. For example, under Windows 2000:
C:\home\jt>set path
Path=C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;C:\cygwin\bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;...
You may find the following helpful too:
http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.2.1.README
Jason
Tom, Please keep your replies on-list... On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 12:31:17PM -0400, Tom Berger wrote: > I appreciate your help. I'm taking my first unix/postresql steps. I > had some HP-UX classes 10 years ago..it's all fuzzy. Welcome back from the dark side. :,) > I'm getting this error when I type $tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2 > tar (child): bzip2: Cannot exec: No such file or directory > > I dont think I have bzip2 installed, You are correct. > although I went through a normal cygwin installation. You must explicitly select it -- bzip2 is under the Utils category. BTW, if bandwidth and disk space are not a problem, then I would install all packages. Just click on the "spin icon" just to the right of the "All" category until "Install" is displayed. Jason