Re: [Zope] Problem with ZODBCDA installation.
When WinZip opens the file it comes up with a dialog something like: This file contains a compressed archive. Do you want to open it in a temporary directory? Say yes. Then you'll have the winzip screen that should show a bunch of files in it. Press Extract. When it asks you where you want to extract to, choose the Zope top-level folder by browsing through the dir trees. Make sure the option to "expand with folder names" (or something like that) is checked before you hit OK. Hit OK. It will write all the files out. You should end up with a directory in your lib\python\Products folder that is named something like "ZODBCDA" which contains files that belong to the ZODBC adapter (such as __init__.py and others). When you restart Zope, the database adapter should show up in the list of products. The main gist here is that the gz file you download contains only one file, which is a "tar" archive. Tar is a UNIX format that stands for tape archive. It's an old, old format that has a long legacy. But you don't need to know much about it. All you really need to know is that it contains files and directories that need to be written out to disk. The tar archive isn't compressed. Gzip does this for us. I imagine we don't use the ZIP file format because tar and gzip are so familiar to us, and we use these formats for all our other distributions. I suggest reading the WinZip help stuff for more info. You're going to run into this again. Robert Geiger wrote:
I used Winzip on the gz file. What I don't understand is why this would be saved in a compressed format that, although supported in the latest version of winzip, is not the defacto standard ZIP file format so familiar to Windoze users??? It would be friendlier to previous versions of Winzip. Just a thought.
I still don't know exactly what to do with this file, so if you have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks for your assistance.
-----Original Message----- From: mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org [mailto:mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org]On Behalf Of Chris McDonough Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:06 PM To: rgeiger@bellsouth.net Cc: Zope Subject: Re: [Zope] Problem with ZODBCDA installation.
Did you untar and ungzip it? Download WinZip and doubleclick it, expanding it into your top-level Zope folder.
Robert Geiger wrote:
I have followed the directions with the ODBC adapter to no avail. I place it in the top level zope dir on NT server machine and restart. This is
all
the instructions say to do. I do not see the adapter. What else do I have to do to get this to work???
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Surely the reason for using tar/gzip is for portability. The same archive is usable on *nix and Win32. |>-----Original Message----- |>From: mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org [mailto:mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org]On |>Behalf Of Chris McDonough |>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 6:56 AM |>To: rgeiger@bellsouth.net; zope@zope.org |>Subject: Re: [Zope] Problem with ZODBCDA installation. |> |> |>When WinZip opens the file it comes up with a dialog something like: |> |>This file contains a compressed archive. Do you want to open it in a |>temporary directory? |> |>Say yes. Then you'll have the winzip screen that should show a bunch of |>files in it. Press Extract. |> |>When it asks you where you want to extract to, choose the Zope top-level |>folder by browsing through the dir trees. Make sure the option to |>"expand with folder names" (or something like that) is checked before |>you hit OK. |> |>Hit OK. |> |>It will write all the files out. You should end up with a directory in |>your lib\python\Products folder that is named something like "ZODBCDA" |>which contains files that belong to the ZODBC adapter (such as |>__init__.py and others). |> |>When you restart Zope, the database adapter should show up in the list |>of products. |> |>The main gist here is that the gz file you download contains only one |>file, which is a "tar" archive. Tar is a UNIX format that stands for |>tape archive. It's an old, old format that has a long legacy. But you |>don't need to know much about it. All you really need to know is that |>it contains files and directories that need to be written out to disk. |>The tar archive isn't compressed. Gzip does this for us. |> |>I imagine we don't use the ZIP file format because tar and gzip are so |>familiar to us, and we use these formats for all our other |>distributions. |> |>I suggest reading the WinZip help stuff for more info. You're going to |>run into this again. |> |> |>Robert Geiger wrote: |>> |>> I used Winzip on the gz file. What I don't understand is why |>this would be |>> saved in a compressed format that, although supported in the |>latest version |>> of winzip, is not the defacto standard ZIP file format so familiar to |>> Windoze users??? It would be friendlier to previous versions |>of Winzip. |>> Just a thought. |>> |>> I still don't know exactly what to do with this file, so if you have any |>> ideas, please let me know. Thanks for your assistance. |>> |>> -----Original Message----- |>> From: mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org [mailto:mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org]On |>> Behalf Of Chris McDonough |>> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:06 PM |>> To: rgeiger@bellsouth.net |>> Cc: Zope |>> Subject: Re: [Zope] Problem with ZODBCDA installation. |>> |>> Did you untar and ungzip it? Download WinZip and doubleclick it, |>> expanding it into your top-level Zope folder. |>> |>> Robert Geiger wrote: |>> > |>> > I have followed the directions with the ODBC adapter to no |>avail. I place |>> > it in the top level zope dir on NT server machine and |>restart. This is |>> all |>> > the instructions say to do. I do not see the adapter. What else do I |>> have |>> > to do to get this to work??? |>> > |>> > Thanks in advance for any assistance. |>> > |>> > _______________________________________________ |>> > Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org |>> > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope |>> > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** |>> > (Related lists - |>> > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce |>> > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) |>> |>> -- |>> Chris McDonough |>> Digital Creations, Inc. |>> Zope - http://www.zope.org |> |>-- |>Chris McDonough |>Digital Creations, Inc. |>Zope - http://www.zope.org |> |>_______________________________________________ |>Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org |>http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope |>** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** |>(Related lists - |> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce |> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) |>
That would surely explain it if we had a non-Win32 version of the product he's trying to install :-) Phil Harris wrote:
Surely the reason for using tar/gzip is for portability.
The same archive is usable on *nix and Win32.
|>-----Original Message----- |>From: mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org [mailto:mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org]On |>Behalf Of Chris McDonough |>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 6:56 AM |>To: rgeiger@bellsouth.net; zope@zope.org |>Subject: Re: [Zope] Problem with ZODBCDA installation. |> |> |>When WinZip opens the file it comes up with a dialog something like: |> |>This file contains a compressed archive. Do you want to open it in a |>temporary directory? |> |>Say yes. Then you'll have the winzip screen that should show a bunch of |>files in it. Press Extract. |> |>When it asks you where you want to extract to, choose the Zope top-level |>folder by browsing through the dir trees. Make sure the option to |>"expand with folder names" (or something like that) is checked before |>you hit OK. |> |>Hit OK. |> |>It will write all the files out. You should end up with a directory in |>your lib\python\Products folder that is named something like "ZODBCDA" |>which contains files that belong to the ZODBC adapter (such as |>__init__.py and others). |> |>When you restart Zope, the database adapter should show up in the list |>of products. |> |>The main gist here is that the gz file you download contains only one |>file, which is a "tar" archive. Tar is a UNIX format that stands for |>tape archive. It's an old, old format that has a long legacy. But you |>don't need to know much about it. All you really need to know is that |>it contains files and directories that need to be written out to disk. |>The tar archive isn't compressed. Gzip does this for us. |> |>I imagine we don't use the ZIP file format because tar and gzip are so |>familiar to us, and we use these formats for all our other |>distributions. |> |>I suggest reading the WinZip help stuff for more info. You're going to |>run into this again. |> |> |>Robert Geiger wrote: |>> |>> I used Winzip on the gz file. What I don't understand is why |>this would be |>> saved in a compressed format that, although supported in the |>latest version |>> of winzip, is not the defacto standard ZIP file format so familiar to |>> Windoze users??? It would be friendlier to previous versions |>of Winzip. |>> Just a thought. |>> |>> I still don't know exactly what to do with this file, so if you have any |>> ideas, please let me know. Thanks for your assistance. |>> |>> -----Original Message----- |>> From: mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org [mailto:mcdonc@mcdonc.dyndns.org]On |>> Behalf Of Chris McDonough |>> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:06 PM |>> To: rgeiger@bellsouth.net |>> Cc: Zope |>> Subject: Re: [Zope] Problem with ZODBCDA installation. |>> |>> Did you untar and ungzip it? Download WinZip and doubleclick it, |>> expanding it into your top-level Zope folder. |>> |>> Robert Geiger wrote: |>> > |>> > I have followed the directions with the ODBC adapter to no |>avail. I place |>> > it in the top level zope dir on NT server machine and |>restart. This is |>> all |>> > the instructions say to do. I do not see the adapter. What else do I |>> have |>> > to do to get this to work??? |>> > |>> > Thanks in advance for any assistance. |>> > |>> > _______________________________________________ |>> > Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org |>> > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope |>> > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** |>> > (Related lists - |>> > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce |>> > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) |>> |>> -- |>> Chris McDonough |>> Digital Creations, Inc. |>> Zope - http://www.zope.org |> |>-- |>Chris McDonough |>Digital Creations, Inc. |>Zope - http://www.zope.org |> |>_______________________________________________ |>Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org |>http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope |>** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** |>(Related lists - |> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce |> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) |>
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