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Re: setup



 Hallo !

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Anthony J. Zepezauer wrote:

> Yes, I have looked
> in the online Users Guide, the FAQ and the archive for this list.

 Are you sure, you read and understand the documentation?

 Any way,

> I'm trying to install Cygwin on Win2000.  I downloaded the latest setup.exe
> and ran it (twice).  The problem is I don't seem to be getting everything I
> need.  The first time I used the default set of packages, the second I used
> Full (almost; I passed on some obscure, obviously nonessential ones).

 I am sure you already got this right, but ...

 Setup has two major operation modes:
 - just download
 - install (either from net or a previously download)

 Make sure you actually installed some things.

 (Last setup version I tried was somewhat confusing about how to
  install things. Make sure you expanded the package-list, and the
  "new" column shows "install" or a version-number.)


> What I don't see is a .exe file to start Cygwin!  Or, the /usr/doc directory
> that is mentioned in the FAQ.

 After real installation, you will find a file "cygwin.bat" in the root
 installation directory.
 Click on this cygwin.bat to start a bash-shell.

 (There is no such thing as a "cygwin.exe", because cygwin is a
  Posix-emulation-library and a collection of (GNU-) tools that
  use this emulation library.)


  Bjoern

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