----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:46 AM Subject: RE: Problems installing cygwin-xfree86 on a Dell WIN2K box
Harold: Thanks for your response. I was, in fact, following those directions verbatim, on that very web page, when the Xinstall.sh script exited with an error meassage saying that the extract command wasn't working properly & admonishing me to fix that & try again. I had just downloaded the entire XFree86 package Wednesday A.M. from ftp.nas.nasa.gov using the ftp command from the cygwin bash shell command line ("mget *" from the .../xfree/4.2.0/binaries directory). This download included the extract command which I believe Xinstall.sh tried to use to unpack everything (after I copied it to the /bin directory from the bash command line). I guess my question is "what do I need to do to 'fix' the extract command & try again" ? Would the regular tar command downloaded earlier & included w/ the basic cygwin package work ? Thanks in advance. > If you read the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide instructions on installation > then you would know exactly what to do. > > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/ > > Harold >