Re: Fw: clear
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However, neither of these packages in available in Setup.exe. Only > libncurses libraries are available, and they are already installed on my > computer. They are available in setup. Set the view to Full for a flat list. If they're still not listed, then there must be something wrong with the mirror site that you've chosen. Brian -- 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/
Re: Fw: clear
Hello, when you search for "ncurses" in the Cygwin Package List of the cygwin.com website, two ncurses packages appear: - ncurses-5.5-2 - ncurses-5.5-3 However, neither of these packages in available in Setup.exe. Only libncurses libraries are available, and they are already installed on my computer. Philippe Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/20/2007 11:48 AM Please respond to cygwin@cygwin.com To cygwin@cygwin.com cc Subject Re: Fw: clear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In Cygwin Package List, it says that clear was removed and that ncurses > should be used instead (?). However, libncurses7 and libncurses8 ARE > installed on my machine, according to setup.exe, which means, I guess, > that ncurses is installed. No, it means that libncurses is installed. There is also a 'ncurses' package, and that is what contains the clear command. (You can look this up yourself using the Package Search page.) The reasoning for why packages are split like this has many reasons. For one thing, it allows library versioning, where you have multiple packages compiled against multiple versions of the library. For another, it allows installing just the binary runtime components of a library, without pulling in all the other nonessential parts just because the user happened to have installed a package that is linked against that library. And that is just what has happened in this case. Brian -- 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/ -- 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/
Re: Fw: clear
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In Cygwin Package List, it says that clear was removed and that ncurses > should be used instead (?). However, libncurses7 and libncurses8 ARE > installed on my machine, according to setup.exe, which means, I guess, > that ncurses is installed. No, it means that libncurses is installed. There is also a 'ncurses' package, and that is what contains the clear command. (You can look this up yourself using the Package Search page.) The reasoning for why packages are split like this has many reasons. For one thing, it allows library versioning, where you have multiple packages compiled against multiple versions of the library. For another, it allows installing just the binary runtime components of a library, without pulling in all the other nonessential parts just because the user happened to have installed a package that is linked against that library. And that is just what has happened in this case. Brian -- 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/
Fw: clear
Hello, I have just reinstalled cygwin from scratch (deleted c:\cygwin directory) and noticed that the clear command was not in /usr/bin anymore. In Cygwin Package List, it says that clear was removed and that ncurses should be used instead (?). However, libncurses7 and libncurses8 ARE installed on my machine, according to setup.exe, which means, I guess, that ncurses is installed. How do you use ncurses "clear" command, if there is such a thing? Many thanks. Best regards, Philippe -- 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/
