X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <488609B4.7090208@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:24:20 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: tcpdump package References: <18592842.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <18592842.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 mwade wrote: > Hello, > > I am pretty new to cygwin. I am looking for a tcpdump package and from the > cygwin package page (http://www.cygwin.com/packages/) there does not appear > to be one. Is this just the page maintained by Cygwin? Can you use other > sources apps like with Linux and if so is that documented somewhere? I > looked at the FAQ and found how to install new packages by going throught > the install process again. For tcpdump, Google is your friend: As for your question about Cygwin packages more generally, is the search interface to all existing packages that are part of the distribution. There are others that have been known to provide packages for Cygwin, sometimes even in 'setup.exe' package form. The latter can be installed via 'setup.exe' by simply adding the path to the external repository at the page where you select Cygwin mirrors (you can select up to 4 mirrors). You'll have to Google around to find if any particular package you're interested in is available externally. If that fails you, you always have the option of downloading the source for the package in question and building it. Obviously, this assumes you've installed the necessary packages for building it (likely, gcc, binutils, etc) and any dependent libs. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/