One way to do this is to create batch files which first set PATH and then call the relevant program. This is also useful if a program requires the setting of some environment variables. Another way would be to collect all the executables in a single folder. Personally, on my Win98 system, I use both ways: the second one for general utilities, such as the basic GNU utilities, and the first one for more specialized packages.
Kees Zeelenberg ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "Alexander Skwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aan: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Verzonden: zondag 3 november 2002 17:44 Onderwerp: [GnuWin32-Users] Best way to install? Hi! I've downloaded all the GnuWin32 packages from SF.net. Now I'd like to install them. So I unzipped them to seperate subdirectories (eg. wv-0.7.2-3-bin.zip & wv-0.7.2-3-doc.zip & wv-0.7.2-3-src.zip & wv-0.7.2-4-lib.zip to wv\ or zip-2.3-bin.zip & zip-2.3-doc.zip to zip\). Now, how would I "integrate" this into Windows XP? I'd like to have a way, that I can enter untgz.exe to run untgz.exe from zlib. I thought about setting PATH to all the bin and lib directories - however, the PATH string is too long for Windows to handle. So, what's the best way? Unzip everything in just one directory (leaving the subdirectory structure intact, of course)? Wouldn't this lead to problems when one lib overwrites the other? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.iso-top.biz | Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iso-top.biz - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 2 days 7 hours 30 minutes ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
