Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/03/23/23:58:14
When I do "make install ",cygwin does not record something about my install infomation like windows's register?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Hall" <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
To: "hhw" <hhw3 AT 163 DOT com>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: How can I list all the software that have been insatlled to cygwin?
> Why would you expect Cygwin to be able to magically keep track of something
> it hasn't installed? Linux doesn't. 'rpm' doesn't either. So what makes
> you think that Cygwin would or should?
>
> Larry
>
>
> At 10:55 PM 3/23/2004, you wrote:
> >on my own? cygwin dose not know?It is so bad >:
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
> >To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> >Cc: "hhw" <hhw3 AT 163 DOT com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:27 PM
> >Subject: Re: How can I list all the software that have been insatlled to cygwin?
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Larry Hall wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > At 11:48 PM 3/22/2004, you wrote:
> >> > > >I tested rpm -q -a,and nothing was found.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >Mostly I compile the source code with make.
> >>
> >> Upon re-reading the OP's message, I'd like to clarify that the method
> >> below will only track packages installed via Cygwin's setup program. If
> >> you use "make install", you're on your own.
> >> Igor
> >>
> >> > > >So how can I found those installed apps(like add/remove in windows)?
> >> > >
> >> > > 'rpm' only keeps track of packages installed via 'rpm'. Cygwin's setup
> >> > > program doesn't currently support that format or use of 'rpm' explicitly
> >> > > or otherwise. To find the packages and the versions that setup has
> >> > > installed for you, you can use 'cygcheck -s'. See 'man cygcheck' for
> >> > > all the options.
> >> > > --
> >> > > Larry Hall
> >> >
> >> > Actually, "cygcheck -cd" will suffice.
> >> >
> >> > If just a "cygcheck -c" is used, cygcheck will also do some rudimentary
> >> > integrity checking on the packages (i.e., verifies that all the files are
> >> > present). If a "-v" is given, it will also list the missing files. Note
> >> > that due to a non-standard postinstall procedure, some packages (notably
> >> > "apache") *will* show up as incomplete.
> >> > Igor
> >>
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