Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/10/02/14:12:10
Two things to keep in mind when looking for Cygwin versions of packages:
1. When selecting packages to download using setup.exe, there is a
'View' button which cycles through three different views of the
package list:
o Category - this allows you to search for packages that
you want to download based on the type of package
o Full - this allows you to list all available packages,
sorted by package name in alphabetical order. If you
know the name of the package then you can quickly
scroll through the list to see if it is available,
without having to select/deselect package categories
o Partial - this lists all of the packages that setup.exe
will update, unless you specify otherwise
2. On the main web site, www.cygwin.com is a link 'Setup Package
Search' (http://cygwin.com/packages/). The 'Search Package List'
field on that page allows you to search the complete set of
packages
for a specific program or file.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john DOT cyg DOT lst AT kumpf DOT org [mailto:john DOT cyg DOT lst AT kumpf DOT org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:37 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: you people rock
>
>
>
> You people who develop cygwin, completely ROCK, in my
> opinion.
>
> This is how you rock (among other ways):
>
> I recently upgraded my cygwin from 1.1 to 1.3. The new
> setup.exe doesnt automatically install everything. So,
> after installing the base code, i later realized that i
> needed uuencode/uudecode, which had not been installed.
>
> Sadly for me, uuencode/uudecode were not listed separately
> as one of the packages. Not to worry, tho. I searched this
> list, and from it discovered that they were part of the
> `sharutils' package. Sure enuf, the description of that
> package mentioned uudecode.
>
> So, i used setup to download that package (which nicely had
> figured out for me prerequisite packages and downloaded them
> too), and installed them all.
>
> A simple `rehash' in my tcsh window, and viola, i had
> uudecode.
>
> As i said, you ROCK.
>
> Thanks, tons.
>
>
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