> -----Original Message----- > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 23:03 > Subject: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin > > Putting the packages directly in c:\Cygwin is ill-advised because it shows up in > the posix directory "/". It pollutes the directory with millions of package > folders. But what if I create a folder c:\Cygwin\LocalPkgs and stick them in > there? From the 10,000 foot perspective, it certainly would be a lot more > organized to have all cygwin stuff in one windows folder.
I put mine in C:\cygwin\packages. Never had a problem. I have no idea why setup defaults to putting things on my desktop (if I remember right). Just makes more unwanted clutter on my desktop. But it's easy to change and it works fine in a Cygwin subdirectory in my experience. -- 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