This is the mail archive of the cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: updating packages/utilities


Hi Larry, Alex.

I tend to agree with Alex, its not obvious to newcomers that is the way
to upgrade cygwin. The web pages all state download the setup to install,
it never mentions it for installing additional packages. It would be good
if someone could clarify this on the webpages.

As a newcomer to cygwin it took me a while to realise thats what I needed
to do, however its been very rewarding since...!

Cheers
Dave

"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:

> At 04:42 PM 2/13/2002, Alex BATKO wrote:
>
> >I can't find anything in neither the documentation, nor the FAQ
> >about how to update a Cygwin package or Cygwin utility, or about
> >how to install a package AFTER Cygwin has already been installed.
> >
> >If anyone knows a link to such documentation, please reply.
>
> Sorry I don't.  But didn't you use setup.exe to install?  That's what
> you should use to update.
>
> 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
>
> --
> Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
> Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
> Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
> FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]