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RE: Currently on 1.5.25, possible to update setup.exe to get python?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On
> Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:51 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Currently on 1.5.25, possible to update setup.exe to get
> python?
>
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 10:26:39AM -0800, KARR, DAVID (ATTSI) wrote:
> >I'm currently on v1.5.25, but I don't want to upgrade yet. I just
> need
> >to install Python, which I believe is one of the packages. I tried
> >running my old setup.exe that I used with 1.5.25, but it's now
> >complaining about syntax errors in "setup.bz2". It looks like I'll
> need
> >to at least upgrade my setup.exe, but I need to know beforehand if
> doing
> >that will force me to upgrade anything else. If I download the
latest
> >setup.exe, will I be able to install the Python package that works
> with
> >1.5.25 without having to install anything else?
>
> Go to http://cygwin.com/ and follow the links to the legacy version of
> Cygwin. The web site mentions "Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me"
> but the link really just brings you to a version of setup (setup-
> legacy)
> which will update/install 1.5.x versions of the packages. These
> packages
> are, of course, no longer updated and offered as-is.
Thanks. That worked fine.
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