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RE: Puzzled by Cygwin Download and Installation
- To: <jamesekeenan at looksmart dot com>
- Subject: RE: Puzzled by Cygwin Download and Installation
- From: "Norman Vine" <nhv at cape dot com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:41:04 -0500
- Cc: <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Reply-To: <nhv at cape dot com>
jamesekeenan writes:
>
>Thanks for responding. But I must I'm still puzzled. If I
>delete Cygwin B20 and its directory structure, what in the
>downloading of the various utilities builds a new structure
>and imposes a new installation? Another way of putting this
>question: What does the work formerly done by "full.exe" or
>"usertools.exe"?
See the faq -- specifically
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC5
<quote>
"There is one recommended way to install Cygwin,
which is to use the GUI installer `setup.exe'.
There are some variations on how you go about that.
Do it any other way, and you're on your own!"
< /quote>
FWIW IMHO the 'new' method is VASTLY SUPERIOR !
Many Thanks to all that have helped make it !!
Cheers
Norman VIne
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