--- jsm > I want to terminate this discussion, originating from my concern for > consistency among distribution providers. > > Originally I reported on a successful installation of basic Cygwin, i.e. > without X, followed by a failing attempt to install X. Of course I have > been aware all the way that X did not come with the basic installation, > and I have no idea of how to install X on top of it without using > setup.exe by Cygwin. Still I am asked to specify how I obtained the > packages for X, because they are not part of the basic installation. > > I see no reason to spend more time on this, the experience of which is > like being part of an absurd comedy, to say it mildly. I feel confident > that I can overcome the technical issues if I use the time on them instead. > > End of discuss
I cannot understand why you do not want to use setup.exe to install Cygwin-X. However, it is not necessary to use Cygwin-X as xserver for Cygwin. I myself use VcXsrv as xserver for Cygwin and WSL(windows subsystem for linux), Tatsuro -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
