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Re: missing telnet, solution


Hello Harold,

> I will perhaps add a note that extra Cygwin packages may be selected and
> installed by the user.  That should at least get people to look at the
list
> of packages that they might want.

Once I realized that telnet was missing, I knew I had to go get it. But I
scoured the Cygwin FAQs and other resoures looking for info on how to
download packages and couldn't find it. I found a list of packages but no
links telling where to get them. There are detailed instruction on how to
develop and contribute new packages, but not on how to download existing
packages. Imagine that you do not know how and try to find that info on the
Gygwin site.

I finally figured out that SETUP.EXE not only installs Cygwin, but it is
also used when adding new packages!!!!!!! This is only obvious in hindsight.
It is an unusual procedure and trying it really did not occur to me until I
saw a vague mention in a Cygwin forum.

Maybe on the Gygwin site, here:
   http://cygwin.com/packages/
there could be a short message:

"You can download and install these packages by running the SETUP.EXE
program that you used to install Cygwin and selecting the desired package."

I'm really just trying to be helpful, here. This simple step of re-running
SETUP.EXE was not obvious to me and I am an experienced system programmer.

THANKS!
Phil



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