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Re: Cygwin package management
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Michel Van den Bergh <vdbergh at luc dot ac dot be>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 09:47:50 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Cygwin package management
- References: <200412271301.iBRD1kl10849@esds.vss.fsi.com> <41D01F3F.40801@luc.ac.be>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Michel Van den Bergh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am learning cygwin package management. Something I don't
> know how to do is how to install a binary package from
> ***within cygwin***, i.e. the equivalent of rpm -i..
>
> Can somebody enlighten me?
Use the same 'setup.exe' tool that you used to install Cygwin. You should
be aware that there is a "release candidate" version of setup.exe at
<http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/> that's looking for testers.
Igor
P.S. Please start a new thread if asking unrelated questions, instead of
following up to an existing thread (this applies to both of your
postings today).
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