Thanks for the Cygwin suggestion. I'm an EE by degree, but mostly a programmer by trade, and I've played with Linux a little bit; in fact I have a Ubuntu machine at home running [EMAIL PROTECTED], but I don't think it has enough RAM to handle a gEDA installation, and I have a LOT to learn about setting up new programs on Linux (still haven't figured out how to create a desktop shortcut yet!!).
Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cesar Strauss > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: gEDA-user: Re: Windows install > > David Kerber wrote: > > > I'm a newbie to gEDA, and was wondering if anybody knows of > a Windows > > installation for it? I know there's no officially > supported one, but > > am hoping somebody has built one, or knows where there > might be one. > > A google search turned up one from 2003, but nothing since. > > > > Hi, David > > Sorry, I don't know of any Windows version which is less that > one year old. You would miss many new features, as well as > many important software fixes. > > However, I am currently preparing an up-to-date Cygwin > version, which will be installed with the Cygwin Setup > program. If you are not familiar with Cygwin > (www.cygwin.com), it is a collection of Linux software which > runs on Windows thanks to a special software layer. I hope my > Cygwin version of gEDA, when ready, will be part of that > collection, if the Cygwin folks accept it. I also hope I can > keep up so it doesn't become obsolete as well. > > On the other hand, with some basic Linux skills, you can > compile a Cygwin version yourself right now, by following the > instructions at http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:cygwin > > Regards, > Cesar > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
