On 2009-03-29 23:51Z, Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: > > I have been fighting this for another two weeks with no > progress whatsoever. Does any documentation exist that > describes the least painful way to reinstall everything > (specifically including what I should back up)? I also > would place a high value on not having to download all of > the packages again.
I would first uninstall Cygwin completely: http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all (item number four says how to avoid re-downloading), and then follow the usual instructions to install freshly using the "Install Cygwin now" link here: http://cygwin.com/ There's no general, comprehensive answer to the question what you'd want to back up. I'd include anything that I had customized in the home directory, but that's just one example. -- 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/