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Subject: Re: Necessary/Essential Packages for Cygwin GNOME and KDE Installation
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From: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz AT cygwin DOT com>
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 22:51:41 -0500
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On 2018-05-31 12:56, Auteria W. Winzer Jr. via cygwin wrote:
> I want to install the latest Cygwin GNOME and KDE desktops on Windows 10, yet from online searches the information that's currently out there is obsolete.
> 
> For example, after reviewing the GNOME install procedure, when I add the URL http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/install to the list of mirrored installation sites, it comes back with an HTTP 404 "site not found".
>    
> The same holds true for KDE. The installation procedure states add the URL http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/install to the list of mirrored installation sites, it also returns an HTTP 404 error "site not found"

These projects are ancient and no longer supported.

> However, I see GNOME and KDE categories within Cygwin setup. My questions are 1) What are the essential/necessary packages to install both GNOME and KDE? I haven't come across online info on the steps necessary.

For the GNOME (Flashback) DE, install gnome-flashback (and its 
dependencies).
For the Plasma DE, install plasma-workspace (and its dependencies).

> On my Windows 8 laptop, I was able to install GNOME and KDE Desktops with no issues back then, and they were linked to XWin Server where if I right click on the Cygwin X Server Icon, they're listed in the table of contents to invoke.

Each DE installs a Start Menu entry (under Cygwin-X) with which you 
should start it.

-- 
Yaakov

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