X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <458B62BD.400@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:44:45 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061108 Fedora/1.5.0.8-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.8 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Missing Programs References: <032c01c7249c$66d76a00$4001a8c0 AT angua> <20061221013423 DOT GB18872 AT suncomp2 DOT spk DOT agilent DOT com> <458B6279 DOT 1020606 AT cygwin DOT com> In-Reply-To: <458B6279.1020606@cygwin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Harold Fuchs wrote: >> Gary Johnson wrote: >>> On 2006-12-21, Harold Fuchs wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm running Win XP Pro/SP2 >>>> >>>> I just downloaded and installed cygwin. I didn't choose any >>>> special options; I didn't ask to have anything special excluded; I >>>> didn't ask to have anything special included. >>>> >>>> I found and installed the pdksh package because I know the >>>> Kornshell and I don't know the Bourne shell. I have modified the >>>> .bat file and my /etc/passwd file to reference ksh instead of >>>> bash. It all seems to work but ... >>>> >>>> I now find that things like more, pg, terminfo, vi and I don't >>>> know what else are all missing. I have used Windows's Search >>>> function to try finding "more.*", "pg.*" and so on but they are >>>> not there. >>>> >>>> What have I done wrong, please? Where can I find these things? I >>>> have searched the FAQs but ... >>> You just haven't installed them yet. >>> >>> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.what-packages >>> >>> HTH, >>> Gary >> Thanks. Never occurred to me that stuff as fundamental as more, pg etc. >> would be hived off as a separate package. > > Feel free to install everything if you don't want to be caught without > something that you feel is fundamental. It's easier and quicker than > perusing the list of available packages. And then if you're still > missing something that you think is fundamental, you'll know you need > to build it yourself to get it. ;-) > > FWIW, 'less' is a much 'more' than 'more' and is actively maintained. ^ | better > 'more', of course, is available for diehard fans. ;-) > -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/