bash: tar: command not found

Cheney, Christian CheneyC@WSDOT.WA.GOV
Thu Apr 12 00:25:00 GMT 2007


>>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.
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