Re: Newbie Instal Problem

Hello,

By default cygwin opens up in your home directory usually.
/home/yourloginid.

Try adding the path. tar -zxvf /usr/src/postgresql-7.4.3.tar.gz

Mike

On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 14:11, Skeets wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i'm new to pgsql, although i've developed several databases using
> access and vb / access. anyway, i want to ditch that approach and go
> open source with php and postgresql.
>
> i'm using wrox's beginning databases with postgresql as my guide and
> i've run into a problem. i don't want to install cygwin with a pgsql
> database as part of the package b/c i want 7.4.3, not 7.4.1. i tried
> to work within the book's instructions, but couldn't get it to work.
> i also checked the newsgroups and the net.
>
> i have cygwin installed just fine (the distribution without pgsql
> database).
>
> i downloaded postgresql-7.4.3.tar.gz fine. i put it into
> cygwin/usr/src.
>
> i open cygwin and type "tar zxvf postgresql-7.4.3.tar.gz" at the
> opening $ prompt and get a no such file or folder error. i think it
> is a directory issue, but it isn't addressed in the book.
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
> tia...
>
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