Re: Difficulty installing postgresql on Max OSX Leopard.

Don Fox <donfox1@mac.com> writes:

I'm downloading from Mac OS X Snow Leopard. This copy(from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v8.4.1/

)  goes into my Downloads dir AND the Trash.

The file in the Trash still has the .zip extension while the one in  

downloads has only the .tar.

.zip?  There are no .zip files at that webpage.

What it sounds like is you've got Stuffit Expander or some similar
utility configured to auto-expand compressed files, and it's messing
the file up somehow.  If it's a hangover from a former Leopard
installation, maybe the problem is the utility isn't quite compatible
with Snow Leopard.

Another possibility is your browser is doing this.  Check its
preferences for something like "auto-open downloaded files".

regards, tom lane