Raul Acevedo wrote: >My real question is what is the point of these packages, if GNOME is not >actually in them. It's a bit confusing and I wasted a chunk of time trying to >install GNOME through Cygwin only to find out it's not possible. > >Thanks, > >Raul > >On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 12:43:11PM -0700, Raul Acevedo wrote: >>> So why are there GNOME packages in Cygwin? What is actually in them? >> >> http://cygwin.com/packages/
Raul, please stop replying above quoted text. I believe you are asked that when you sign up for the mail list (no?), but Larry Hall's signature says that, in a humorous way: A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? Here is my answer to your question. Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure I'm right, I don't _know_ I'm right. Some nice programs that rely on pieces of Gnome are installable with Cygwin. Since they require bits and pieces of Gnome those pieces get installed. Example. When I run setup.exe and select Lilypond (for printing sheet music) 3 additional items get automatically selected on my system. If I deselect them I get "Warning! Unmet Dependencies Found" and it says I need glib, gtk+, and qt3. Apparently I already have gtk-engines from some other program. I suspect there is a programmer/musician out there who ported it. By the way, I believe I understand Larry's answer. He was telling you, essentially, that Cygwin is not a way to get Gnome installed, rather, a way to run specific Unix-like programs on a Windows PC. You don't get gnome-terminal because no one has ported it. Understanding this, I checked the Cygwin/X FAQ. I saw "10.1. Is there a list of software that has been ported to Cygwin/X?" It struck me that might lead to something useful, which it does, it says "The CygGnome project aims to port Gnome to Cygwin/X." <http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/> So essentially, you were confused because the Gnome section implied you could get full-on Gnome. Why is there that section? Beats me. Brian <-= I'm just glad I can get X Windows from my servers -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
