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Subject: Re: How to install packages...
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Date: 21 Sep 2002 08:47:14 +1000
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On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 05:53, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 02:45:45PM -0500, Richardson, Tony wrote:
> >I guess that you could untar everything appropriately, but you'd need
> >to run the post-install scripts.
>=20
> Um.  I think this is a really simple request.  We've seen it more than
> once.  People don't understand that the same program they used to install
> cygwin can be used to update their installation with new packages.
>=20
> So the correct answer is to "rerun setup.exe and choose what you want".
> There is no need to suggest untarring everything or doing anything by
> hand or in a non-standard way.

Can we alter the website?
'Install cygwin now'
'Add or remove pacakges now'

?

Rob


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