X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:35:16 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro Message-ID: <20090421163515.GA14721@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <49ED3851 DOT 2050705 AT sbcglobal DOT net> <20090421031007 DOT GA24447 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <49ED762F DOT 4040402 AT sbcglobal DOT net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49ED762F.4040402@sbcglobal.net> yrom: Christopher Faylor User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:30:55AM -0700, Wayne Watson wrote: >That's fine. It's been a winding, tricky path to get to here. I'll >download it from the site you mentioned. There is no need to overcomplicate this. If you want to download Cygwin you go to the web site called "cygwin.com" and follow the instructions on the web page there. > Well, I tried something like a bromly site and it died during the download. > I then picked the redhat site, and it downloaded 15M. Both bromly and > redhat release folders looked similar. About the same number of folders. > 30? Alternatives to zlib. Don't know what a "bromly" site is but obviously lots of people are installing Cygwin. If you are having problems we need lots more details than "died during the download". What exactly did you see? cgf -- 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/