Re: Missing Programs

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Harold Fuchs wrote:
> > Gary Johnson wrote:
> > > On 2006-12-21, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm running Win XP Pro/SP2
> > > >
> > > > I just downloaded and installed cygwin. I didn't choose any
> > > > special options; I didn't ask to have anything special excluded; I
> > > > didn't ask to have anything special included.
> > > >
> > > > I found and installed the pdksh package because I know the
> > > > Kornshell and I don't know the Bourne shell. I have modified the
> > > > .bat file and my /etc/passwd file to reference ksh instead of
> > > > bash. It all seems to work but ...
> > > >
> > > > I now find that things like more, pg, terminfo, vi and I don't
> > > > know what else are all missing. I have used Windows's Search
> > > > function to try finding "more.*", "pg.*" and so on but they are
> > > > not there.
> > > >
> > > > What have I done wrong, please? Where can I find these things? I
> > > > have searched the FAQs but ...
> > > You just haven't installed them yet.
> > >
> > >    http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.what-packages
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Gary
> > Thanks. Never occurred to me that stuff as fundamental as more, pg etc.
> > would be hived off as a separate package.
>
> Feel free to install everything if you don't want to be caught without
> something that you feel is fundamental.  It's easier and quicker than
> perusing the list of available packages.  And then if you're still
> missing something that you think is fundamental, you'll know you need
> to build it yourself to get it. ;-)
>
> FWIW, 'less' is a much 'more' than 'more' and is actively maintained.
                         ^
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                       better
> 'more', of course, is available for diehard fans. ;-)


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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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