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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:02:41 -0400
To: "Leonard Williams" <arckon AT dejazzd DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Installing Cygwin: Win98
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At 07:34 PM 8/12/2002, Leonard Williams wrote:
>Cygwinites--
>         I would like to use Cygwin to compile several programs to which I
>have access in C source code only.  I have tried using the recommended
>"install from the internet" option.  It was suggested to me that I get the
>following packages:  ash, bash, cygwin, gcc, binutils and make.  However,
>when I try to select them, the last three are listed as "n/a" in the
>development group.  


Try a different mirror.


>Meanwhile, when I tried to download/install the first
>three, a bunch of other stuff started coming over, too.
>         Can you give me some guidance?  I simply want to be able to compile
>source code to make an executable I can run on my Win98 machine.



Make sure you deselect all the other packages, then select the ones you 
want.  Once it starts the download, if it starts downloading a package
you didn't select, don't fret.  Setup understands package dependencies. 
It's only downloading what you need to run the packages you selected.



Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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