Forum OpenACS Q&A: Problem installing packages OpenACS under Windows

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1: Problem installing packages OpenACS under Windows
Posted by Michael Martí Menzel on 05/18/05 01:20 PM
I've installed OpenACS on a Windows XP platform as part of the Project/Open package (www.project-open.org). The Project/Open installer also installs the CygWin package for running the PostgreSQL database system (a non-native Windows version) and other Unix programs needed for P/O.

I have a problem trying to install additional packages from the OpenACS repository though.

Whenever I go to /acs-admin/apm/package-load page and select a local package for installation, the system complains with the following message:

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Accessing C:/Software/Transmit/Project Open/intranet-translation-3.0.0.0.3.apm...

The follow error occured during the uncompression process:

couldn't execute "gunzip.exe": no such file or directory

The package(s) are now extracted into your filesystem. You can load another new package from a URL or proceed to install the package(s).

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gunzip.exe is indeed located in one of the directories the OpenACS platforms looks into. I even tried to hardcode the location under acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl, but it didn't work.

Has any of you had experienced the same problem with a Windows install of OpenACS?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Michael

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2: Re: Problem installing packages OpenACS under Windows (response to 1)
Posted by Frank Bergmann on 05/20/05 05:15 PM
Hi Michael,

that seems to be an issue with the setup of the CygWin environment by the Windows installer. There are two options:

1. Try to work around. Download the APM file (which is really just a .tgz") and extract manually (WinZip will do) into a suitable directory under /packages/.

2. Post the bug in the Project/Open bug tracker and wait unil we've fixed it ... 😊

Bests,
Frank