Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: From: Tony Karakashian To: Cygwin-general Subject: Ports library and newbie question Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:41:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I was wondering if anyone had considered setting up a ports library similar to what's available for FreeBSD. For those unfamiliar, the ports library is basically a collection of scripts and patches that allow one to compile other *nix source to FreeBSD (for those that require some tweaking of the code, that is). Basically, you just run the port, it DLs the source code, makes the changes and compiles. I think such a think would be PERFECT for Cygwin. And now, the newbie question: My experience with programming is limited to running make ^ make install under Linux. I've got a proggie I'd like to try compiling, but it requires the GTK libraries. Since they've been ported to Windows as DLLs, I assume they could be used. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, -T -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com