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Date: | Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:59:10 +0100 |
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Subject: | Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN) |
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> How to install is here: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html I don't think it's terribly obvious that you simply need to run setup.exe again to add more packages after initial installation. This is not a common thing to do with other installers, and with some installers this might even mess things up, so people might be wary of doing this. There's the message on the intial setup screen, but that's easily overlooked or forgotten. And the page above only mentions it in passing. The lack of awareness of how to add packages might also explain why lots of people seem to select "All" only to then complain about how long the Cygwin install takes and how much space it occupies. So to help matters, perhaps setup.exe could be installed as part of Cygwin, and a suitably named link to it added to the start menu? Even better if that link would take it directly to the package selection screen. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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