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Re: bash: tar: command not found
Cheney, Christian wrote:
Look in '/etc/postinstall' and see if there are any scripts there
that don't end in ".done".
There are none
Also, check '/var/log/setup.log.full' for any messages that would
indicate the problem.
I can't see anything. Take a look.
In the worst case, you can try running each of the scripts
in '/etc/postinstall' manually.
$ bash -rcfile tar.sh.done
install-info: menu item `tar' already exists, for file `tar'
install-info: menu item `tar' already exists, for file `tar'
cheneyc@NW33687L /cygdrive/c/cygwin/etc/postinstall
$ tar
bash: tar: command not found
Interestingly enough, I went to the installation file to check to see if
I could manually unzip tar.exe to the /bin directory. After running
bunzip2 on the tar-1.16.1-1.tar.bz2, I opened the resulting
tar-1.16-1.tar file in winzip. I tried to extract the tar.exe file, and
it gave me a "Cannot copy file: Cannot read from the source file or
disk" error. This is in contrast to what happens when I manually
extract the rmt.exe file, which gives me no error. I can send you the 2
MB file if you want.
Don't extract things using non-Cygwin tools unless you really know what
you're doing (or have been told to do so). You can make a real mess doing
this.
If you're saying by the above that you have c:\cygwin\bin\bunzip2.exe
and can run it from the shell the same way as you are attempting to run
'tar', then I would say that you have a bad tar package. Try installing
it from a different mirror and see if that helps.
FWIW, 'setup.exe' reports 'tar-1.16.1-1.tar.bz2' as a 696K file.
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