gzip not found - codacli-a7 windows xp
Daniele Palumbo
i am trying coda client "alpha 7" in windows xp;
but i have a strane error...
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tar <child>: gzip: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
tar <child>: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
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it is obviously a problem of cygwin, but until i am not able to see *why*.
the two line of tar was taken from a screening capture.
after it i can see that the install bar is at 85% at uninstall.sh,
so i posted here. hoping...
i have cygwin installed in e:\cygwin
i don't know why, i have not searched so deep, but
1) all binries are in /bin, from cygwin something is in /bin, other in /usr/bin
2) from windows (cmd.exe, explorer) /usr/bin is *clean*
3) trying tar -zxvf usr.local.tgz from cmd.exe: ok
4) the same from cygwin: ok
5) in (windows) path there are both e:\cygwin\usr\bin (default) and
e:\cygwin\bin (i have added it)
6) i have find out with google
http://www.prinmath.com/beowulf/pb/text115.htm, that gave me the idea about
gzip...
i took note of the "closin' source" of windows version for coda, but it's
not a good reason to "take out of control" the installation,
for me the binaries idea of coda (for windows) is good, but a zip without
nothing else is better
or if community want, both the thing (wise + zip)
that's all...
best regards
Palumbo Daniele
Palumbo Daniele
Jan Harkes
> i am trying coda client "alpha 7" in windows xp;
> but i have a strane error...
> --
> tar <child>: gzip: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
> tar <child>: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Ok gzip binary can't be found.
> i don't know why, i have not searched so deep, but
> 1) all binries are in /bin, from cygwin something is in /bin, other in
> /usr/bin
> 2) from windows (cmd.exe, explorer) /usr/bin is *clean*
> 3) trying tar -zxvf usr.local.tgz from cmd.exe: ok
> 4) the same from cygwin: ok
Hmm, so it basically works when you're not using the wise installer.
> 5) in (windows) path there are both e:\cygwin\usr\bin (default) and
> e:\cygwin\bin (i have added it)
I didn't think cygwin actually used the windows path. It should be
setting the unix 'PATH' environment variable in /etc/bash_profile. I
haven't looked at the installer, but perhaps it is setting its own path
environment which doesn't include where you installed cygwin.
> i took note of the "closin' source" of windows version for coda, but it's
> not a good reason to "take out of control" the installation,
The windows version of Coda is not closed source, it builds from the
same source tree as the unix versions. Only the source for the kernel
module that hooks our userspace code into the NT/2000/XP filesystem
cannot be released at this time.
> for me the binaries idea of coda (for windows) is good, but a zip without
> nothing else is better or if community want, both the thing (wise + zip)
The wise installer is there because we don't really want people to hack
their registry settings by hand and to get a somewhat standardized
installation. This makes it easier to reproduce problems.
Jan
Jan Harkes
> so i need to know WHAT the installer do in that moment
Not sure, any copies of the wise install script that I could find
locally don't seem to use tar.
> from cygwin
> $ echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/e/programmi/java/j2sdk1.4.1_01/bin:"E:/Programmi/Norton
> SystemWorks/Norton Ghost/":/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
>
> is the same Path of windows xp. only c:\ is replaced by /cygdrive/c/, and
> e:\ /cygdrive/e/
And E:\path with spaces, is replaced by "E:/path with spaces". Not sure
if that's really right, but I don't know enough of cygwin to tell
whether that could cause problems. It probably happens all the time on
windows.
Jan
Daniele Palumbo
>On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:51:15PM +0100, Daniele Palumbo wrote:
>Not sure, any copies of the wise install script that I could find
>locally don't seem to use tar.
it must open the /home/coda/usr.local.tar.gz, and install it into /usr/local...
it must be present
please check it out, at least, if it is the last command i can untar it and
say "bye bye" to problems...
>And E:\path with spaces, is replaced by "E:/path with spaces". Not sure
>if that's really right, but I don't know enough of cygwin to tell
>whether that could cause problems. It probably happens all the time on
>windows.
i don't think it could be...
but also i don't know cygwin at all...
>Jan
I am now trying to install cygwin on c:\cygwin
Daniele
Daniele Palumbo
>It does that, but that is not the last thing it does. Why don't
>you do:
>
> cd /
> tar xzf /home/coda/usr.local/tar.gz
>
>Then rerun the wise installer. There are some coda setup things
>done after the tar. See if that does it for you?
nothing. same problem (but already fixed, for future reader, see post - solved)
>--Phil
daniele