Re: Extracting PEAR tar archive on Windows
| From: | Mark Wiesemann | Date: | Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:04:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Extracting PEAR tar archive on Windows | ||
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J. Michael Terenin wrote:
> I'm having problems extracting the files on Windows and was looking
> for some assistance. I downloaded and tried GNUWin tar and also tried
> changing the extension (solutions that have worked with UNIX-based
> archives in the past). Can u help ? I'm sure it's somethinng stupid
> I'm doing wrong or unclear on.
Please ask such questions on pear-general next time.
The extension .tgz is an abbreviation of .tar.gz. There are several
tools on Windows that can open these archives, like Total Commander
(www.ghisler.com) or 7-Zip.
But: Just use the PEAR installer. This is the right tool for handling of
PEAR packages.
Regards,
Mark