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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: No /bin after installation
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:37:23 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Nick Sabalausky
> Sent: 22 July 2004 17:57

> Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please <at> 
> cygwin.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:50:39AM +0000, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > >I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setup
> > >program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), and have the base 
> packages and a
> > >number of the developer packages selected.  But when installation
> > >completes, I have the /etc, /lib, /usr, and /var directories but
> > >there's no /bin directory.
> > 
> > No, you've tried "downloading" cygwin numerous times.  You 
> apparently 
> > haven't actually used the "Install from Internet" option.  Select
> > that when installing and you'll have better luck.
> > 
> > 
> 
> No, I've installed numerous times.  Each time I used the
> "Install from Internet" option.  As I've said, the /etc,
> /lib, /usr, and /var directories all exist and are not
> empty so there are defincately some things that are getting
> installed.  And the content of those dirs cannot be just
> the downloaded files, because those were stored in a
> completely different directory well outside of my install
> path of D:/Cygwin.


<innocent> Is your HD full? </innocent>

[remembering that one time when I just *couldn't* figure out why the car
wouldn't start.....]

    cheers, 
      DaveK 
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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