Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:15:42 -0400 Message-Id: <200008312215.SAA25975@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: Kerreck.Jones@GD-ES.COM CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com In-reply-to: <8160010C5363D0118D3B00805FC1840406798C74@mtvex03.mtv.gtegsc.com> (Kerreck.Jones@GD-ES.COM) Subject: Re: message nothing to install/update References: <8160010C5363D0118D3B00805FC1840406798C74@mtvex03.mtv.gtegsc.com> > I downloaded flex and bison and the setup.exe program. > Unfortunately, I downloaded them into a file which had Other zip > files. When I ran setup, it created the C:/cygwin file, but it had > unzipped everything into it. Didn't you see the screen where it told you what it was going to install, with options to not install everything? > I then deleted everything, copied the bison, flex and setup into > their own directory and again ran setup. Now all I get is a message > "nothing to install/update" If I proceed. A lot of empty directories > are created, Make sure you don't have a file /etc/setup/installed.db. That tells setup what's already installed. > As well as some directories containing files of size zero. Specifics? Were you out of disk space? > When I double-click the icon or the .bat file, it appears A window > appears for a brief second, but then nothing. That means bash isn't installed. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com