Re: No /bin after installation

[Carlo Florendo <list-subscriber at hq dot astra dot ph>]

Carlo Florendo wrote:

> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>
> > I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with
> > the current setup program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe),
> > and have the base packages and a number of the
> > developer packages selected. But when installation
> > completes, I have the /etc, /lib, /usr, and /var directories but 
> > there's no /bin directory.
> > Because of this, when I try to run Cygwin, I get
> > the error "The system cannot find the path specified.
> > 'bash' is not recognized as an internal or external
> > command, operable program, or batch file."
> >
> >  
> Well, if you were able to open a terminal, then that means at least 
> one shell is installed. Type `echo $PATH' (without the quotes of 
> course) on the command line:
> What does the PATH variable say?  Please note shat `echo $PATH' will 
> work on sh, zsh, bash, and csh.


Oh I'm sorry for assuming you opened a terminal.  I realized the error 
message you mentioned comes from a windows prompt.  
Did you try to invoke cygwin.bat on the directory where you installed 
cygwin?

Please be more specific.  Read http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html

Thanks!

Best Regards,

Carlo
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Carlo Florendo y Flora
Astra Philippines Inc.
www.astra.ph






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