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Re: Where is the manual to manually install Cygwin in Windiows 2000
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: "George Hester" <hesterloli at hotmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:09:09 -0400
- Subject: Re: Where is the manual to manually install Cygwin in Windiows 2000
At 10:25 AM 4/18/2002, George Hester wrote:
>The last time I tried the installer I did not like the result. So now I
>have downloaded all the packages I need evne the docs. But I see nothing
>about how to install this manually; what environment variables I should set.
>Nothing at all. All I see is telling me to use the installer. If I do not
>want to do this does that mean I cannot install Cygwin in Windows 2000?
>Thanks.
OK. I guess you just somehow missed this:
http://www.cygwin.com/download.html
That explains your options. Installing by a method other that setup is
not really supported by this list however. BTW, there are no *required*
settings beyond unpacking the software. But if you want any of the
additions that setup gives you, that's another argument for just using
setup. Of course, the source for setup is available if you'd just prefer
to look at it to find out what it does. But you're right. There is no
documentation that guides you through a manual install of Cygwin. It's
assumed that if you don't use setup, you understand enough about what
you're doing to just do it. Either that or you're the adventurous type. ;-)
Really, there's really no *magic* to setup though...
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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