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From: "Robert Mark Bram" <relaxedrob AT optushome DOT com DOT au>
To: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: installing pinfo
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 15:12:34 +1100
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Howdy all!

I downloaded pinfo recently because I have heard it is a better help program
than man. I ran the cygwin setup program, selected pinfo and thought it ran
through ok. However, when I type "pinfo", the command is not known:

 $ pinfo
 bash: pinfo: command not found
 $

I went and had a look at the files inside the pinfo download:
pinfo-0.6.6p1-1.tar.bz2. I found a readme file with the following
information in it:

To rebuild the package for cygwin:
  install pinfo-x.x.x-x-src package
  cd /usr/src/pinfo-x.x.x-x
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir='$(sbindir) \
  --localstatedir=/var --datadir='$(prefix)/share'
  make
  make install-strip
  copy sample pinforc to /usr/share/pinfo/pinforc
  copy CAPITALIZEDFILES to /usr/doc/pinfo-x.x.x-x/

This is a bit confusing for me at the moment. I assumed:
  pinfo-x.x.x-x-src = pinfo-0.6.6p1-1.tar.bz2
and
  pinfo-x.x.x-x = pinfo-0.6.6p1-1
I then ran the code above. Below is the result. Obviously I am doing
something wrong - I would appreciate some help if anyone can spare the
patience for a blundering user such as I.

  $ pwd

/cygdrive/c/_oginals/cygwin/ftp%3a%2f%2fftp.iasi.roedu.net%2fpub%2fmirrors%2
fsources.redhat.com%2fpub%2fcygwin/release/pinfo

  $ ls
  etc  package  pinfo-0.6.6p1-1.tar.bz2  usr

  $ install pinfo-0.6.6p1-1.tar.bz2 package

  $ cd /usr/src/pinfo-0.6.6p1-1
  bash: cd: /usr/src/pinfo-0.6.6p1-1: No such file or directory

  $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir='$(sbindir) \
  > --localstatedir=/var --datadir='$(prefix)/share'
  > make
  > make install-strip
  > copy sample pinforc to /usr/share/pinfo/pinforc
  > copy CAPITALIZEDFILES to /usr/doc/pinfo-x.x.x-x/

  $

  $ pinfo
  bash: pinfo: command not found


Rob
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