RE: Installation Problems

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Gregor,

Thanks, I updated the setup.hint file to list this dependencies for
XFree86-base.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Gregor Herbort
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:40 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Installation Problems
>
>
> Hello,
>
> here what i got from Aaron Newcomb as an answer for the problem i
> described
> on 25. April. I tried it and it works.
>
>
> Gregor,
>
> I happend to read your post on the cygwin/XFree mailing list
> archive. I ran
> into the same problem and was able to fix it. It seems that the new cygwin
> install program does not install all the necessary libraries that
> are needed
> to run the XFree86 install. Here is what I had to do.
>
> INSTALLATION:
>
> To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link
> on the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to
> your system.  Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick
> up 'gettext' from the 'Libs' category.  You may need to
> click the "Full" (or "View") button if it doesn't show up.  You might want
> to make sure you update/install ALL of the following three packages:
>   gettext-0.10.40-1
>   libintl1-0.10.40-1
>   libintl-0.10.38-3
>
> I also had to install pcre to get the script to run properly. I hope this
> helps. You might want to pass this info back to the mailing list
> if you are
> still subscribed since I do not plan on subscribing right now.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron Newcomb
> http://www.newcombnet.com
> aaron@newcombnet.com
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]Im Auftrag von Gregor Herbort
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 25. April 2002 11:41
> An: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Betreff: Installation Problems
>
>
> Hello,
>
> i downloaded Cygwin/XFree86. When i try to install with ./Xinstall i get a
> Windows Error Message that the cygintl-1.dll is missing.
> Nevertheless the Xinstall script starts and examined the file extract.exe
> and comes to the conclusion that this file si not correct renamed it and
> then the script stops.
> Any tips?
>
> greetings
> Gregor
>
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