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: <20010414235846.1904.qmail@web12501.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:58:46 -0700 (PDT) From: rahul toley Subject: Re: help for installing cygwin on Windows ME needed To: DJ Delorie Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: <200104142335.TAA28574@envy.delorie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Thanks for all your help. My cygwin is up and running. Now I can proceed from here. rahul --- DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Target Platform : Windows ME (problem ?) > > Executable version :cygwin-1.1.8-1.tar.gz after > > untarring and gziping (i use powerarchivers > extracter) > > Please use Cygwin's setup program > (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe). > There are registry entries and desktop shortcuts to > set up also. > > > Effect : If I execute any of the executables in > the > > cygwin directory under bin I see a black shell > opening > > and then gets killed. I cant makeout anything from > > this. > > Cygwin programs don't work that way. Open a shell > window, *then* run > the programs from the command line. > > > Side Questions: which is the main executable. i > > tried running cygpath.exe cygcheck.exe > > If you run setup, there's a "cygwin" icon on the > desktop to click on. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple