Well, you need to install gnu-tar for windows?? I've never used Cygwin, so I don't know what to do, maybe it's supposed to be included?? Anyway, it still created the links, and 0 byte files, but didn't extract any of the files needed to actually *do* anything... So go find gnu-tar.........
On Friday 08 February 2002 02:13 am, you wrote: > Hello gang, > I am trying to install XFree86 on an NT 4.0 SP 6 within a full install of > Cygwin 1.3.9 (Cygwin appears to be running O.K.). I downloaded the XFree86 > stuff from http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.2.0/binaries/ and ran sh > Xinstall.sh -check and got > > Checking which OS you're running... > uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-4.0' version '1.3.9(0.51/3/2)', architecture > 'i686'. > > Binary distribution name is 'Cygwin-ix86' > > If you don't find a binary distribution with this name, then > binaries for your platform are not available from XFree86.org. > > Here is the output from ls -al > > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 11184173 Feb 7 20:58 Xbin.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1590147 Feb 7 20:59 Xdoc.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 555852 Feb 7 20:59 Xetc.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 12235356 Feb 7 21:00 Xf100.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 338691 Feb 7 21:01 Xfenc.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 16224626 Feb 7 21:03 Xfnts.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 2273301 Feb 7 21:03 Xfscl.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 217802 Feb 7 21:03 Xfsrv.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1229502 Feb 7 21:04 Xhtml.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 110101 Feb 7 21:04 Xlib.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 779270 Feb 7 21:04 Xman.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1170764 Feb 7 21:05 Xnest.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 780050 Feb 7 21:05 Xprog.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 865732 Feb 7 21:05 Xprt.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 5933319 Feb 7 21:06 Xps.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1289669 Feb 7 21:06 Xvfb.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 1288208 Feb 7 21:06 Xxserv.tgz > -rw-r--r-- 1 freda None 63467 Feb 7 21:07 extract.exe.gz > > I then ran sh Xinstall.sh with the following results > > If you are installing a version different from 4.2.0, you > may need an updated version of this installer script. > > Do you wish to continue? (y/n) [n] y > > Checking which OS you're running... > uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-4.0' version '1.3.9(0.51/3/2)', architecture > 'i686'. > > //gnu-tar: not found > Warning: can't detect the bindist version > Checking for required files ... > > Creating /usr/X11R6 > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > Creating /etc/X11 > > Removing some old directories that are no longer required... > > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb > Extracting Xetc.tgz into a temporary location ... > //extract: not found > Installing the app-defaults config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the fs config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the lbxproxy config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the proxymngr config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the rstart config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the twm config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the xdm config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the xinit config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the xsm config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the xserver config files ... > //gnu-tar: not found > //gnu-tar: not found > Installing the XftConfig config file ... > + cp -p .etctmp/XftConfig /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XftConfig > cp: cannot stat `.etctmp/XftConfig': No such file or directory > > Installing the mandatory parts of the binary distribution > > //extract: not found > //extract: not found > //extract: not found > //extract: not found > //extract: not found > //extract: not found > //extract: not found > Checking for post-release updates ... > Checking for optional components to install ... > Do you want to install Xfsrv.tgz (font server)? (y/n) [y] > //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xnest.tgz (Nested X server)? (y/n) [y] y > //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xprog.tgz (programmer support)? (y/n) [y] y > //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xprt.tgz (X print server)? (y/n) [y] y > //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xvfb.tgz (Virtual framebuffer X server)? (y/n) [y] y > //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xf100.tgz (100dpi fonts)? (y/n) [y] y > //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xfscl.tgz (Scaled fonts (Speedo, Type1 and TTF))? > (y/n) [y] y //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xhtml.tgz (Docs in HTML)? (y/n) [y] y > //extract: not found > Do you want to install Xps.tgz (Docs in PostScript)? (y/n) [y] y > //extract: not found > > You appear to have a termcap file: /etc/termcap > This should be edited manually to replace the xterm entries > with those in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.termcap > > Note: the new xterm entries are required to take full advantage > of new features, but they may cause problems when used with > older versions of xterm. A terminal type 'xterm-r6' is included > for compatibility with the standard X11R6 version of xterm. > > You appear to have a terminfo directory: /usr/lib/terminfo > New xterm terminfo entries can be installed now. > > Note: the new xterm entries are required to take full advantage > of new features, but they may cause problems when used with > older versions of xterm. A terminal type 'xterm-r6' is included > for compatibility with the standard X11R6 version of xterm. > > Do you wish to have the new xterm terminfo entries installed > now (y/n)? [n] y > > > Installing new terminfo entries for xterm. > > On some systems you may get warnings from tic about 'meml' > and 'memu'. These warnings can safely be ignored. > > tic: Can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.terminfo > > Checking if compatibility links for the FreeType2 library are needed ... > > > Installation complete. > > > > and what do you know, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 has the following > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 125 Feb 7 22:41 XftConfig -> > /etc/X11/XftConfig lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 131 Feb 7 22:41 > app-defaults -> /etc/X11/app-defaults lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None > 111 Feb 7 22:41 fs -> /etc/X11/fs lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None > 123 Feb 7 22:41 lbxproxy -> /etc/X11/lbxproxy lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda > None 125 Feb 7 22:41 proxymngr -> /etc/X11/proxymngr lrwxrwxrwx > 1 freda None 119 Feb 7 22:41 rstart -> /etc/X11/rstart > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 113 Feb 7 22:41 twm -> /etc/X11/twm > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 113 Feb 7 22:41 xdm -> /etc/X11/xdm > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 117 Feb 7 22:41 xinit -> > /etc/X11/xinit drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xkb > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 121 Feb 7 22:41 xserver -> > /etc/X11/xserver lrwxrwxrwx 1 freda None 113 Feb 7 22:41 > xsm -> /etc/X11/xsm > > and /etc/X11 appears as such > > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 app-defaults > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 fs > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 lbxproxy > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 proxymngr > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 rstart > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 twm > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xdm > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xinit > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xserver > drwxr-xr-x 2 freda None 0 Feb 7 22:41 xsm > > SO WHAT HAPPENED? > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
