X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,EXECUTABLE_URI,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,TW_BJ,TW_GJ,TW_IB,TW_YG,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4D48169F.3030607@steensgaard.org> References: <4D48169F DOT 3030607 AT steensgaard DOT org> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:40:36 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Where to find a reliable provider of CygwinX? From: Csaba Raduly To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 Hi, On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:20 PM, J=F8rgen Steensgaard wrote: > After having installed a basic version of Cygwin I wanted to install X an= d a > few programs that depend on it. =A0Using one mirror I thought I was doing > well, but no program X were found. Under Cygwin, /usr/bin/X is a symlink to /usr/bin/XWin.exe : http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=3Dxorg-server%2Fxorg-server= -1.9.3-2&grep=3DXWin.exe >=A0Somehow I got the information that xinit > was needed, but that I could not obtain from the mirror. So I found anoth= er > and lo-and-behold: I got xinit, X, and Xemacs. I find it hard to believe that downloading xinit would get you Xemacs. > From previous experience I knew that the X-server should be started someh= ow, > but I could not resist to call Xemacs right away. =A0And believe it or no= t: it > could not start, and complained about a missing cygjpeg-62.dll. =A0So bac= k to > the provider to have a look for the package libjpeg-62, identified by a > lookup elsewhere. =A0But neither of the two providers had such a package,= but > instead some different libjpeg-*. After having downloaded all of these, t= he > complaint came back again. Did you use Cygwin's setup.exe? If yes, what version? > So: please give me some advice on where to find a provider of all packages Have you tried http://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.html ? Also, don't forget: > Problem reports: =A0 =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/problems.html Csaba --=20 GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torv= alds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple