R: Manually installing a packages not in the cygwin repositories

[Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri at yahoo dot it>]

--- Gio 10/12/09, gialloporpora ha scritto:

> Dear all,
> I am trying to install M2 using new cygwin setup 1.7Beta,
> since? it doesn't supports the new beta,? I have
> received an error message when I have trid to install
> packages from M2 repository:
> http://groups.google.it/group/macaulay2/browse_thread/thread/ce0d9d91cc716973
> 
> I have installed it manually, in ~/foo/usr following the
> steps on the M2 site:
> http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Macaulay2/Downloads/Microsoft-Windows/Cygwin/download.html
> 
> Now it works (I have not tested it with X-11), but I must
> to go on the folder where? I have extracted the bz
> file
> /foo/usr/bin
> There exists a script to install it like other Cygwin
> packages (for example executable in? the bin directory
> C:\cygwin\bin or /usr/bin) ?
> Sorry but I am a newbe of Cygwin, an d I have tried to
> Googling withount finding anything
> I have already tried to move directory manually but I
> have? "access denied" errors trying to launch M2
> Sandro
> 

Dear Sandro,
the cygwin-1.7 can not install the package as
the Macaulay repository miss the setup-2.ini file.
The workaround is to install from a local directory.

You need to create on your "Local Package Directory"
a directory called 

http%3a%2f%2fwww.math.uiuc.edu%2f

Then copy the file

http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Macaulay2/Repositories/cygwin/setup.ini

in it and rename it "setup-2.ini"

then create a subdirectory "Macaulay2"
and copy in it the package

http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Macaulay2/Repositories/cygwin/Macaulay2/Macaulay2-1.3.1-1.tar.bz2

In this way you have created the expected structure.

Now run setup-1.7 and choose "Install from Local Directory".


Regards
Marco

 




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