Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20020812215634.022c0ef0@pop.rcn.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.rcn.com Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:02:41 -0400 To: "Leonard Williams" , From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Installing Cygwin: Win98 In-Reply-To: <003a01c24258$c9c9dc40$5eeb6d42@dejazzd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 07:34 PM 8/12/2002, Leonard Williams wrote: >Cygwinites-- > I would like to use Cygwin to compile several programs to which I >have access in C source code only. I have tried using the recommended >"install from the internet" option. It was suggested to me that I get the >following packages: ash, bash, cygwin, gcc, binutils and make. However, >when I try to select them, the last three are listed as "n/a" in the >development group. Try a different mirror. >Meanwhile, when I tried to download/install the first >three, a bunch of other stuff started coming over, too. > Can you give me some guidance? I simply want to be able to compile >source code to make an executable I can run on my Win98 machine. Make sure you deselect all the other packages, then select the ones you want. Once it starts the download, if it starts downloading a package you didn't select, don't fret. Setup understands package dependencies. It's only downloading what you need to run the packages you selected. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/