Re: Difficulty installing postgresql on Max OSX Leopard.

This type of occurrence seems very unlikely! If it happens to me it
should be a common experience to many.
I'm downloading from Mac OS X Snow Leopard. This copy(from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v8.4.1/
) goes into my Downloads dir AND the Trash.
The file in the Trash still has the .zip extension while the one in
downloads has only the .tar.

tar -xvf postgresql-8.4.1.tar
tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

Previously, on Leopard i's just get the file placed in the Downloads
folde? This must be some problem local to my machine??
Any ideas or explanations are greatly appreciated!

I finally got my workable copy of 8.4.1 from Source Forge!

Don Fox

On Oct 30, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Mladen Gogala wrote:

> The file you downloaded is probably corrupt. I am not a Mac expert
> but tar would have unpacked it if it was good.
>
> From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-novice-
> owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Don Fox
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:03 AM
> To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [NOVICE] Difficulty installing postgresql on Max OSX Leopard.
> tar -zxvf postgresql-8.4.1.tar.gz
> tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
>
> THis is very strange to me!
>
> The file I'm using came from source forge.
>
> Any hints about this installation is greatly appreciated.
>
> Don Fox
>
> P.S. The app that will using postgresql is written in python.
>
>