Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Cant" Subject: Re: Hi again Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 06:50:45 +0200 Lines: 105 Message-ID: References: <64AE3D5B518E3648ACC823FBCB0B7375ADF10B AT sr002-2kexc DOT ateb DOT com> X-Complaints-To: usenet AT main DOT gmane DOT org X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 well if im not mistaken and i havent read the page THAT IS RIGHT OFF THE MAIN ONE ON CYGWIN.COM about xfree86 but its not part of the default downloads... and you have to add a url and download from there but LOOK ON THE MAIN CYGWIN PAGE... its really easy to install you know this cause you have done it Uzytkownik "Reid Thompson" napisal w wiadomosci news:64AE3D5B518E3648ACC823FBCB0B7375ADF10B AT sr002-2kexc DOT ateb DOT com... nope -- look back at the emails I sent you WS-XP-4960:/home/rthompso> type -path startx /usr/X11R6/bin/startx start setup.exe next install from internet next set your root directory etc on this dialog next set your local pkg directory next direct connection ( or which ever you use that works for you) next select a mirror next click on View in upper right hand corner before doing anything else scroll down list and select those applications/libraries that you want if it says Keep, you already have it if it says Skip, then you do not have it if it has a version number, then you have it but not the latest version the applications/packages are listed in alphabetical order reid -----Original Message----- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 3:09 PM To: Wassel, Saarah Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Hi again On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Wassel, Saarah wrote: > Hi its me again. I had another question. Well I had to re-install > cygwin because I didn't check mark the editors (that screen that comes > up when you install). Then I did a full deletion of cygwin so I could > start fresh and download it again. However this time I have > everything else working except for the XWin bit. I was wondering if > you knew where that feature would be located in the checkmark place > under installation. > > It is my knowledge that the commands such as "startx" and "xwin" all > fall under the /cygwin/etc/bin/ directory. However that was not > loaded on the install and I wanted to know (again) what I am missing > for installation. I pretty much did a full install. I installed all > the XFree86 files, anything with X11 on it, and all the other bits and > pieces that are on the web site --gcc, make, tetex, tetex-devel, > texmf, XFree86-base, XFree86-prog, ghostscript-x11 and all Guile > packages (guile, guile-devel, guile-doc, libguile12 and libguile14). > You probably also want a decent window manager like openbox or > WindowMaker. is there something I am doing wrong here? (the gcc works > fine as well as > emacs) > > Saarah Wassel Saarah, You have *got* to use better subjects in your messages... ;-) First off, to correct a misconception, setup.exe is used for both the initial install and the subsequent upgrades, so running it again will not "reinstall" cygwin unless you request it (by marking some packages "Reinstall"). Secondly, any queries relating to XFree should be directed to the list. Please repost your query there. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. -- Leto II -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/