On 29/07/2025 18:27, Soren via Cygwin wrote:
Hello again good folk,This week my general confusion has focussed in on installing the giflib build I did using cygport (I finally found, understood and followed the instructions for using cygport! Hurray!). I then tried to use Setup to install the various packages created in /inst/ ( under giflib-5.2.2-1.x86_64/inst/ ) by selecting "Install from Local Directory" and then entering the full pathname ending in inst/ for the packages files. I just couldn't get it to work. Setup seemed to be unable to find the giflib packages ("packages plural" because I wanted not only the runtime binaries but also the devel files for compiling further software against giflib). Is there any known issue with setup-x86_64.exe release v2.932 installing local pkgs? Thanks, and sorry if this is an uninspiring report ;-)
Unfortunately, setup doesn't know how to process standalone packages. Your options are described at: https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html#installing Yes, this all terrible :( . Someone should make it work better... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
