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 Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 20:02:51 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Install&GCC use problem Message-ID: <20010314200251.E29093@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3AAFE6C7 DOT EBB0F406 AT alum DOT mit DOT edu> <3AB00877 DOT 533FF352 AT alum DOT mit DOT edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3AB00877.533FF352@alum.mit.edu>; from John_L_Bowman@alum.mit.edu on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 07:10:31PM -0500 On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 07:10:31PM -0500, John L. Bowman wrote: >Andrew Markebo wrote: >> You doubleclicked on the cygwin icon, got a black window with a prompt >> like $? And you tried to run gcc from there.. > >No. In my step 3 below I doubleclicked on the cygwin icon, and cygwin >opened the black window. (This is the window I subsequently ran >cygcheck from). However, to try to run gcc I opened a separate new DOS >command window, and tried to compile from the new DOS window. I did >this because in the 'expectations for Windows programmers' section of >the cygwin website (user's guide?) it seemed to say this would work. Cygwin doesn't set the PATH unless you are running from bash. It sounds like you need to set the PATH. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple