Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <20000308130734.5039.qmail@web120.yahoomail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 05:07:34 -0800 (PST) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Subject: Re: bzip2: How install and use to unpack Cygnus Perl? To: James E Keenan , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Cc: Julian_Seward AT muraroa DOT demon DOT co DOT uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- James E Keenan wrote: > For the purpose of unpacking "perl5.005_03-cygwinb20-dynamic-v1.4.tar.bz2", > I have downloaded "bzip2095d_win32.exe" from the cygnus site. I've also > printed out and studied the bzip2 site. But I apparently do not have this > properly installed on my Win98 computer, because I'm getting no results. > The bzip2 site does not contain any instruction on this elementary problem. > So let me ask 2 very elementary questions: > > 1. What directory should it be installed in? Your choice, put it somewhere on your PATH. > 2. Do I run it from the Cygnus BASH prompt or from a DOS prompt? Yes. Either. > 3. Is there anything else I will have to do after running it to further > unpack and set up the cygwin perl build? > cp bzip2.exe bunzip2.exe bunzip2 file.tar.bz2 && tar -xvf file.tar or bunzip2 -c -k file.tar.bz2 | tar -xv -c = output to stdout -k = keep the file > I need to solve these problems so that I can delve into studying Perl under > the BASH prompt via Cygnus. Thank you very much. > Happy studying, ===== --- Earnie Boyd: __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: Mingw Home: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com