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Date: | Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:02:08 +0100 |
From: | Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Adding packages (was: mkfs.jffs2 support in CYGWIN) |
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Andy Koppe wrote: >> 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. Ah. Well. It's not a common thing to do with *Windows* installers, but on Linux - which is what Cygwin aims to emulate - it's absolutely the standard practice to use a single central package management program that updates your whole system for you. > 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. That's not a bad idea at all. Would make Cygwin even more Linux-like! cheers, DaveK -- 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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