X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:39:36 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Problem installing packages From: Kenneth Wolcott To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Hi; On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 20:26, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi All, > > According to http://www.cygwin.com/, "Run setup.exe any time you want > to update or install a Cygwin package. ": > > jeffrey@descartes ~ > $ setup.exe > > Result is a message box that states "Please go to the Control Panel to > install and configure system components." > > Navigate to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs. Cygwin is *not* listed. > > I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas where my ability (or > lack of) to follow instructions failed? > > Thanks, > > Jeff You need to make certain that you are in deed executing the setup.exe from cygwin.com, not a Microslop setup.exe :-) Ken Wolcott -- 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