On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, itzack s wrote: > I would be very grateful if someone could explain to > me the procedure for installing software on cygwin,i > am new to this system but i am very keen to learn,Do i > need some form of account to log on as root..Hope i > dont sound to stupid. > Thank you > Itzack
Your first problem: wrong list. The cygwin-talk list that you sent this to isn't for technical questions about Cygwin, so, unless you want highly non-technical answers, you should have sent this to the main Cygwin mailing list (where I'm addressing my reply, and setting the Reply-To accordingly). Now, your question is too vague. Do you mean "how do I install Cygwin software?", or "how do I, given a Cygwin installation, install some particular bit of software from a source?", or something completely different? If it's the first, see <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html> (2 clicks away from the Cygwin homepage, select "User's Guide" from the left menu, and then "Help with setting up Cygwin with setup.exe"). If it's the second, see <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/programming.html> (again, from the User's Guide). For most (portable) projects, you may be able to use the exact same sequence of commands as you use on Linux. If you were asking something other than those two, please clarify what you wanted to know (but on the right list this time). HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
