I think that maybe you don't have bzip2 installed? Try downloading the
gzip-ed tarfile.
dwb
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David W. Brunberg
Engineering Supervisor - Field Process
The F.B. Leopold Company, Inc.
227 South Division Street
Zelienople PA 16063
(724) 452-6300
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ingebrigt Maurstad Berg [SMTP:berg@berg-bell.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:39 AM
> To: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> Cc: bell@berg-bell.com
> Subject: [CYGWIN] problem installing Postgresql DB
>
> Hi !
>
> I'm trying to install postgresql DB in a windows 2000 OS
>
> I follow instructions found at:
> http://www2.se.postgresql.org/docs/faq-mswin.html
>
> I've succesfully (as far as I know) completed installation of Cygwin,
> and have downloadede the cygipc package.
>
> When I try to install/untar the cygipc package, I get an error
> Thanx in advance for any help !!
>
> ***start dump from Cygwin window***
> Administrator@INCYMACHINE2 /usr/local
> $ pwd
> /usr/local
>
> Administrator@INCYMACHINE2 /usr/local
> $ tar -C / -xjf cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
> tar (child): bzip2: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
> Administrator@INCYMACHINE2 /usr/local
> $
> ***end dump from Cygwin window***
> vh,
> Ingebrigt M Berg
> Berg & Bell AS
> (+47) 98252360
> berg@berg-bell.com
> http://berg-bell.com
>
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