Re: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

[René Berber <r dot berber at computer dot org>]

Natalia M. Belfiore wrote:

> Hello
> I am a relatively new cygwin user and very new to programming. I have
> successfully installed and run cygwin and perl and some unix utilities
> on one of my PCs. I recently tried to install it on another pc (my
> laptop) but I do not seem to have the option of installing packages.
> Every single choice in the expanding menu of packages says "skip". I
> have tried deleting the setup folders and redownloading it 4 times, and
> every time I get the same thing. I tried installing whatever it will
> install anyway, and then opening the cygwin window and asking it to show
> me the available packages (with the cygcheck -p command) and for kicks,
> to tell me the perl version that's installed, and each time it confirms
> that there is nothing.

"cygcheck -p <something>" searches the Cygwin repository (not your laptop) for
packages that include <something>, you probably want to use "cygcheck -s" to see
what is installed (package names at the end of the output).

> Is anyone aware of what conditions might cause this to be the case? I
> ostensibly have Windows XP professional running on both computers, but I
> notice that some things run differently on my laptop than my desktop, so
> perhaps there is something set differently. If anyone can suggest things
> I can check, I am happy to do that.

If everything is marked as skip, then you probably have the full base
installation (unless someone messed with the setup.log files).  From there just
choose what you want to install, setup takes care of the dependencies.
-- 
René Berber


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