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Re: Package Grep source and Program not installed functionality
On Tue, July 29, 2008 3:13 pm, Brian Dessent wrote:
> John Morrison wrote:
>
>> Would it be possible to extend the cgi
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi
>>
>> to (optionally) output plain text instead of the formatted HTML?
>>
>> Add a output=text instruction? If the source is available I'd be
>> willing
>> to see if I could do the mod. I was thinking of some kind of command
>> line
>> which would simplify the users finding out what package they would need
>> to
>> install to access a particular tool, for example on my ubuntu machine;
>
> This already exists, it's spelled "cygcheck -p".
I didn't know. Thanks for the sarcasm. God I'd forgotten just how nasty
this list can be. And all for wanting to make cygwin a 'nicer'
environment for new/inexperienced users.
J.