./configure freetds error

Lowden, James K LowdenJK at bernstein.com
Thu May 9 11:15:22 EDT 2002


> I would like to start over; it's not a problem on this machine.  
> Question 1 - how do I uppack the file freetds-0.53.tgz ?  I have it in
> /usr/local/freetds right now; I would like to overwrite all 

1.	"cd" to the freetds directory, to the top of the tree where you
ftp'd the files. 
2.	"rm -r" or "rm -R" should delete the files and directories from
there down.

At this point I recommend you change the owner of the directory to a
non-root user, and su to that username.  If "rm -r" as root doesn't scare
you, it will one day. :)

3.	ftp freetds-0.53.tgz to the freetds directory (binary transfer
mode).
4.	"tar xzf freetds-0.53.tgz" will unzip and detar the archive, leaving
you with a new tree (probably a little different from your first one).  

Then you'll be OK, methinks.  

If your tar doesn't accept the "z" switch, you can unzip the archive with
"gunzip freetds-0.53.tgz", and then "tar xf freetds-0.53.tar" (or whatever
the unzipped name is).  Also, some tars need a dash before their switches.  

HTH

--jkl



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