To create a compressed tar archive of Linux or UNIX packages for Teradata Tools and Utilities products on a 32-bit Windows platform from the installation media, the tar.exe and gzip.exe archiving and compression utilities must be installed.
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Enter the following command to verify if tar.exe is installed:
D:\tar_teradata_client_packages
If tar.exe is not installed, a message similar to the following appears, directing you to a location where the tar.exe archiving utility is available for download:************************************************************************ * Tar Teradata Client Packages v.xx.xx.xx.xx * ************************************************************************ TTU Foundation ERROR: The executable tar.exe doesn't exist on this system or isn't in the PATH. Please download the GNU tar executable from the following address: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/pub/gnu/tar/tar-1.12.msdos.exe Save the file as ‘tar.exe’ in the C:\WINDOWS directory, or to another directory in the PATH, then rerun this script again. GNU Tar version 1.12 is the recommended tar for DOS to use. For more information see: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ - If tar.exe is not installed, download tar-1.12.msdos.exe from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/pub/gnu/tar/tar-1.12.msdos.exe. This version of tar.exe works on 32-bit Windows only.
- Save the download to the C:\Windows directory and rename the file to tar.exe.
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Enter the following command to verify if gzip.exe is installed:
D:\tar_teradata_client_packages
If gzip.exe is not installed, a message similar to the following appears during the creation of the tar file:Notice: The executable gzip.exe is not found. Download from www.gzip.org for MSDOS to automatically compress the output tar file to a gzip file.
- If gzip.exe is not installed, download the MSDOS version of gzip.exe from gzip home page. The MSDOS version of gzip.exe works on 32-bit Windows only.
- Save the download to the C:\Windows directory.