message nothing to install/update

[Earnie Boyd]

--- "Jones, Kerreck" <Kerreck.Jones@GD-ES.COM> wrote:
> I downloaded flex and bison and the setup.exe program.  Unfortunately, I
> downloaded them into a file which had
> Other zip files.  When I ran setup, it created the C:/cygwin file, but it
> had unzipped everything into it.
> 

Your problem is an indication that you don't understand the term "everything".

> I then deleted everything, copied the bison, flex and setup into their own
> directory and again ran setup.

The fix is to "delete everything", I.E. C:\cygwin, using the windows file
manager.

Cheers,

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