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 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:54:21 -0500 From: Brian Ford Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: Mike Rochon cc: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: Re: Re-installing Cygwin In-Reply-To: <40E2CE46BB42D711AA9000065BF18596036EB534@exchange.batterymarch.com> Message-ID: References: <40E2CE46BB42D711AA9000065BF18596036EB534 AT exchange DOT batterymarch DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-IsSubscribed: yes On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Mike Rochon wrote: > Hi, > I installed Cygwin according to the instructions at > ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/README.Windows > The installation went fairly smoothly. I then launched the shell and FTPed > the octave-2.1.57.tar.gz. > > Upon trying to unpack the source, I was getting file does not exist errors > whether I was in the directory, > using full paths, or anything else I tried. So I removed cygwin according > the the instructions, deleting > all directories, clearing all registry keys, and removing icons and startup > menu entries. > > Now when trying to re-setup, all I am seeing for packages are: All, > Graphics, and Math. I am not seeing > the other packages I need such as Archive, Devel, Text, Utils etc. > > My question is: Why do I not see all the packages that I saw in the > original Setup? Why are you asking here? If you are using instructions found at octave.org, then ask them why they don't work. If you use instructions/setup.exe from cygwin.com and things don't go as planned, please post again. My WAG is that you had two different mirrors selected the first time, and only the octave one on the second try? -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/