Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/06/29/08:43:31
I discoved b20 at
http://go.cygnus.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Starks-Browning" <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
To: "Anitha Ramesh" <anithasoft AT hotmail DOT com>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:20 AM
Subject: Problem while installing Cygwin
> On Friday 29 Jun 01, Anitha Ramesh writes:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to download PRC-Tools. This is the first time I am using it. I
> > followed the instructions given
> > in http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/tools/gcc/install-win.html.
> > The documentation says for windows it is better to use a combination of
this
> >
> > (cygwin b20.1, PRC-Tools 2.0, PilRc for Win32, Palm OS SDK, Palm OS
> > Emulator) as it is been tested.
>
> Yikes, so they do. It would be a great project for someone to take on
> to rewrite Palm, Inc.'s instructions for installing PRC-Tools. This
> is probably best co-ordinated through the gcc newgroup at massena.com
> (if that still exists). Maybe a Palm-gcc programmer there has already
> done it. (As opposed to me, for whom palm programming is still just a
> fantasy...) You don't mention whether you've been there.
>
> > First i tried finding cygwin b20.1 since i could not get it, i installed
the
> > latest ver. 1.3.2. while installing it is asking to select the package
> > required. But no pacakge is been provided. After installation is it
saying "
> > No installation is needed" and the folders under c:\cygwin\lib, bin and
few
> > folders are empty.
>
> If you're just talking about Cygwin setup (and not PRC-Tools from
> Palm.com) then this sounds like a botched setup. Try again, and if
> setup is not listing packages to install, the easiest thing to do is
> to delete all Cygwin directories (installation and download) and try
> again. (You can be more sophisticated by only deleting files that
> setup uses, but why bother, unless you're on a slow connection and
> can't afford to re-download everything.) If you're going to pick and
> choose which packages to install to support PRC-Tools, you're not
> going to get much support from us. Our advice is to install
> everything. (B20.1 was a monolithic "full" install, comparable to
> installing all packages with setup.)
>
> > Please can u suggest something on this. We need to deliver a project in
a
> > short span of time.
>
> Hmm, well now, whose problem is that?!?
>
> Regards,
> David
> (Cygwin FAQ maintainer, palm programmer wannabee)
>
>
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