Last week I downloaded and used setup for the minimal cygwin system. I used the 'download from internet' and 'install from download' options rather blindly, because I could not see how to select packages. More on that later.
This installation basically provided bash, info, ls, etc. and seems to be trouble free. Now I wanted more. Still unable to select properly, I did select several areas which included development, editors, documentation, and launched the download phase. 5 hours of darkness later I have approximately 93 Meg of .bz2 files installed in a set of directories under \cygwin\cygdnld\ftp.... (from the W95 view of directories). I have no wish to repeat any such massive download. My wife has fits when the phone line is tied up for any extensive period. I now find that setup will make no selection from the download when told to 'install from download'. Q1: How can I select packages of interest? I don't want to install emacs. I have no idea what lillypond is. I do want gcc and gdb and Xwindows (maybe not Xwindows for now). I do want the documentation. In other areas my ignorance shines. Q2: How can I rearrange this download for future use. I want to move the .bz2 files to an independant disk. Q3: How is the setup system keeping track? I have now guessed that the bz2 files were packed on demand, and not simply downloaded. Q4: Where is some thorough documentation of the care and feeding of 'setup'. It certainly deserves to have some sort of help facility. or do I have to blow everything away and start over? I hope not. The faq is here and printed, and gives me no help in this area. I assume the user guide comes with the documentation package, at any rate I have not located it. -- Chuck F ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> USE worldnet address! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
