Re: Problem installing packages
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Huang Bambo bambo.hu...@gmail.com wrote: It's a windows' behavier. It will open this box while running a program named setup.exe, just ignore it. Thanks Huang. Unfortunately, I still cannot install packages :/ Are there unofficial instructions anywherethat work as expected? On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, According to http://www.cygwin.com/, Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. : jeff...@descartes ~ $ setup.exe Result is a message box that states Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components. Navigate to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. Cygwin is *not* listed. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas where my ability (or lack of) to follow instructions failed? Thanks, Jeff -- 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 -- 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
Re: Problem installing packages
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hi All, According to http://www.cygwin.com/, Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. : jeff...@descartes ~ $ setup.exe Result is a message box that states Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components. Hi Jeffrey, As others have said, you need to run Cygwin's setup.exe You can download it from http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe ; the link is on the cygwin.com front page. It's better to launch it from Explorer or some other GUI file manager, because then you can verify that it is indeed Cygwin's setup and not some other random setup.exe (just look at the icon; it should be the rather distinctive Cygwin icon and not the generic monitor + box + CD icon for setup programs). Csaba -- 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 Torvalds 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
Problem installing packages
Hi All, According to http://www.cygwin.com/, Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. : jeff...@descartes ~ $ setup.exe Result is a message box that states Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components. Navigate to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. Cygwin is *not* listed. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas where my ability (or lack of) to follow instructions failed? Thanks, Jeff -- 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
Re: Problem installing packages
Hi; On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 20:26, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, According to http://www.cygwin.com/, Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. : jeff...@descartes ~ $ setup.exe Result is a message box that states Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components. Navigate to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. Cygwin is *not* listed. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas where my ability (or lack of) to follow instructions failed? Thanks, Jeff You need to make certain that you are in deed executing the setup.exe from cygwin.com, not a Microslop setup.exe :-) Ken Wolcott -- 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
Re: Problem installing packages
On 12/11/2010 11:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hi All, According to http://www.cygwin.com/, Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. : jeff...@descartes ~ $ setup.exe Result is a message box that states Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components. This message comes from the O/S and not Cygwin's 'setup.exe'. Are you sure you're running the one from cygwin.com? -- Larry _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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
Re: Problem installing packages
On 12/11/2010 10:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hi All, According to http://www.cygwin.com/, Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. : jeff...@descartes ~ $ setup.exe Result is a message box that states Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components. Navigate to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. Cygwin is *not* listed. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas where my ability (or lack of) to follow instructions failed? It sounds like something other than Cygwin's setup.exe is being run. You seem to be attempting to run setup.exe from within bash, and if so, the current working directory (where you likely have Cygwin's setup.exe) is not a part of your PATH. That means that you need to invoke setup.exe as ./setup.exe. Keep in mind that you should usually avoid running setup.exe while Cygwin processes (such as bash) are running. If setup updates a package whose files are in use, you'll be forced to reboot in order to complete the setup process, and it's possible that you'll have a rather broken Cygwin installation until you do so. -Jeremy -- 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
