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 From: peng@cygwin.com Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 21:34:42 +0800 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: help for installing cygwin on Windows ME needed Message-ID: <20010414213442.A248221@APPLE> Reply-To: Cygwin User Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20010414071538.85022.qmail@web12502.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010414071538.85022.qmail@web12502.mail.yahoo.com>; from rahul_toley@yahoo.com on Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:15:38AM -0700 On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:15:38AM -0700, rahul toley wrote: > Hi friends, > > I need your help. This is my first attempt to install > cygwin. I have spend atleast 4 hours by now to try and i think that you have not donwloaded the whole cygwin or at least the minimum download for work. > > Target Platform : Windows ME (problem ?) > Executable version :cygwin-1.1.8-1.tar.gz after > untarring and gziping (i use powerarchivers extracter) the installation does not need manually un-zip and un-tar. the setup program will do it for you. > > Effect : If I execute any of the executables in the > cygwin directory under bin I see a black shell opening > and then gets killed. I cant makeout anything from > this. i bet you have not downloaded the necessity. try to, at first download all the packages by choosing 'download from internet' in cygwin setup program. then run cygwin setup again, choose install from local. after installation, a shortcut will be on desktop. 2klik it will show you the performance. check cygwin's home for details. > > Side Questions: which is the main executable. i > tried running cygpath.exe cygcheck.exe > - -------------------------- AA AA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA A AA AA A AA AA A A A A A A A A -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple