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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:28:04 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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To: C Jennings <conorsmail AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Install J2EE tar on Cygwin?
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According to C Jennings on 7/7/2005 8:03 PM:
> Hello, 
> This might be a stupid question but is it possible to install Linux
> software onto Cygwin.

Cygwin is (well, strives to be) a SOURCE-compatible environment.  To run a
linux program in cygwin, the program must be recompiled from source.  It
will not run binaries pre-compiled for Linux, and Java J2EE for linux is
not only a binary, but it is also closed source (which defeats the ability
to compile it against cygwin because of licensing issues).  However, Sun
distributes a windows version of J2EE, so just use that binary.

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Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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