bash: tar: command not found

[Cheney, Christian]

Please expound.  Been there, done that.  Hence, the post.

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Christopher Faylor
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 2:36 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: bash: tar: command not found

On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:57:33PM -0700, Cheney, Christian wrote:
>I have installed cygwin on Windows XP using the default setup.  When I
>try to use tar, I am getting "bash: tar: command not found."  If I try
>to reinstall tar using the setup utility, it copies some files, but
then
>gives a "no package" note, and tar still won't work in cygwin.  Any
>ideas how to fix this?  Thank you.

The details mentioned here would probably help:
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cgf

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