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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:48:39 -0800
From: Josh Padilla <jcpadilla AT earthlink DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Installing minimal packages for gcc only
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Thanks Igor.  I followed your setup instructions, and I'm now working with the gcc
compiler.

Thanks,
Josh Padilla
Citrus College
Glendora, CA.

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Josh Padilla wrote:
>
> > I've just started up with cygwin.  I'd to install only the absolute minimum
> > number of packages neccesary to do first year c/c++ student programming under
> > gcc.  Is there a document/website which goes into detailed discussion of each
> > cygwin package?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Josh Padilla
>
> Probably the best way (that involves the least effort on your part) is to
> run setup.exe, set all packages to "Skip", then select "gcc-g++".  setup
> should then automatically[*] select all the dependences (prerequisites).
>
> Technically, you can view all the dependences in the setup.ini file that
> you can get from any Cygwin mirror, and select packages by hand, but why?
>
> [*] ...if the packages maintainers have done their stuff correctly (they
> usually do).  You should still try running the programs, and if a missing
> DLL box pops up, use the package search page at
> <http://cygwin.com/packages/> to find out which additional package you
> need, and install that package.  Then please run "cygcheck -f <exec>",
> where <exec> is the program that resulted in the message, and report to
> this list that the package printed by cygcheck is missing a dependence on
> the package you had to install.
>
> Whew, hope this makes sense.
>         Igor
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