bzip2: How install and use to unpack Cygnus Perl?
Earnie Boyd
earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Wed Mar 8 05:07:00 GMT 2000
--- James E Keenan <jkeen@concentric.net> 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,
=====
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Earnie Boyd: < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com >
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