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 sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <20000831221004.3034.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:10:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Subject: Re: message nothing to install/update To: "Jones, Kerreck" , "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- "Jones, Kerreck" wrote: > I downloaded flex and bison and the setup.exe program. Unfortunately, I > downloaded them into a file which had > Other zip files. When I ran setup, it created the C:/cygwin file, but it > had unzipped everything into it. > Your problem is an indication that you don't understand the term "everything". > I then deleted everything, copied the bison, flex and setup into their own > directory and again ran setup. The fix is to "delete everything", I.E. C:\cygwin, using the windows file manager. Cheers, ===== --- Earnie Boyd: __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: Mingw Home: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com