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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote:

> Hello
> I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have
> successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities
> on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my
> laptop) but I do not seem to have the option of installing packages.
> Every single choice in the expanding menu of packages says "skip".

Try switching to "Full" mode (click the button in the top right corner).

> I have tried deleting the setup folders and redownloading it 4 times,

Which setup folders?  You mean the "local directory" that setup asks for?

> and every time I get the same thing. I tried installing whatever it will
> install anyway, and then opening the cygwin window and asking it to show
> me the available packages (with the cygcheck -p command) and for kicks,
> to tell me the perl version that's installed, and each time it confirms
> that there is nothing.

Well, how about following the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html> and attaching (as an uncompressed text
attachment) the output of "cygcheck -svr"?

> Is anyone aware of what conditions might cause this to be the case? I
> ostensibly have Windows XP professional running on both computers, but I
> notice that some things run differently on my laptop than my desktop, so
> perhaps there is something set differently. If anyone can suggest things
> I can check, I am happy to do that.

Without the output of "cygcheck -svr", there isn't much we can do...
	Igor
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