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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation process now follow XFree86 standard
I have already downloaded extract.exe.bz2, extracted it and copied it to
/bin as per the user guide
So extract.exe is in both / and /bin so I have no idea why the script is
having trouble using it.
The script itself creates a symbolic link from /gnu-tar to /extract.exe so
again the script should be finding it
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: "'Travis Howell'" <kirben@optushome.com.au>;
<cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 9:14 PM
Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation process now
follow XFree86 standard
> You must download extract.exe.bz2, unbzip2 and put it somewhere in your
PATH
> and best create a symlink to it
>
> ln -s extract.exe gnu-tr
> . Extract.exe is a highly modified, by Xfree86 Inc, GNU tar.
>
> Suhaib
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Travis Howell [mailto:kirben@optushome.com.au]
> > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:11 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation
> > process now follow XFree86 standard
> >
> >
> > I'm using Cygwin 1.3.2 on Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2),
> > Cygwin is installed
> > in C:/Cygwin/
> > I didn't have any success at all with the new install
> > process, I followed
> > exact intructions in your user guide but the script just fails mostly:
> > BTW why not just modify cygwin's setup.exe to allow simple
> > download, install
> > and setup through gui ?
> > The script output is below:
> > Administrator@CO3007967-A /
> > $ ./Xinstall.sh
> >
> > Welcome to the XFree86 4.1.0 installer
> >
> > You are strongly advised to backup your existing XFree86 installation
> > before proceeding. This includes the /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11
> > directories. The installation process will overwrite existing files
> > in those directories, and this may include some configuration files
> > that may have been customised.
> >
> > If you are installing a version different from 4.1.0, you
> > may need an updated version of this installer script.
> >
> > Do you wish to continue? (y/n) [n] y
> >
> > Checking which OS you're running...
> > uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-5.0' version '1.3.2(0.39/3/2)', architecture
> > 'i686'.
> >
> > chmod: changing permissions of `extract': No such file or directory
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Warning: can't detect the bindist version
> > Checking for required files ...
> >
> > Creating /usr/X11R6
> > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib
> > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
> >
> > Removing some old directories that are no longer required...
> >
> > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> > Extracting Xetc.tgz into a temporary location ...
> > //extract: not found
> > Installing the app-defaults config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the fs config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the lbxproxy config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the proxymngr config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the rstart config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the twm config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found//gnu-tar: not found
> >
> > Installing the xdm config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the xinit config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the xsm config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the xserver config files ...
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > //gnu-tar: not found
> > Installing the XftConfig config file ...
> > + cp -p .etctmp/XftConfig /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XftConfig
> > cp: cannot stat `.etctmp/XftConfig': No such file or directory
> >
> > Installing the mandatory parts of the binary distribution
> >
> > //extract: not found
> > //extract: not found
> > //extract: not found
> > //extract: not found
> > //extract: not found
> > //extract: not found
> > //extract: not found
> > Checking for post-release updates ...
> > Checking for optional components to install ...
> > Do you want to install Xfsrv.tgz (font server)? (y/n) [y]
> >