On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 06:09:55PM -0400, Lee D. Rothstein wrote: > Gary Johnson wrote: > > > On 2008-07-18, r wrote: > > >> I'm new about cygwin, but I use from a lot SuSE and OpenSuSE > >> can I install packages rpm from linux distributions on cygwin ? > > > > No. First off, Cygwin doesn't use Red Hat's package manager, it > > uses its own package manager, setup.exe. Secondly, binaries built > > for Linux will not run under Cygwin--the binary interfaces to the > > operating system are totally different. > > Er, what's the purpose, then, of 'rpm.exe' that can be installed > with 'setup.exe'?
It has the same purpose as it does on a Debian installation - to handle rpm files on a system for which it is not the native package manager. cgf -- 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/