No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setup program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), and have the base packages and a number of the developer packages selected. But when installation completes, I have the /etc, /lib, /usr, and /var directories but there's no /bin directory. B

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Carlo Florendo
Nick Sabalausky wrote: I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setup program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), and have the base packages and a number of the developer packages selected. But when installation completes, I have the /etc, /lib, /usr, and /var directories but there's n

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Carlo Florendo
Carlo Florendo wrote: Nick Sabalausky wrote: I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setup program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), and have the base packages and a number of the developer packages selected. But when installation completes, I have the /etc, /lib, /usr, and /var dire

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:50:39AM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setup >program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), and have the base packages and a >number of the developer packages selected. But when installation >completes, I have the /etc,

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
Carlo Florendo hq.astra.ph> writes: > > Oh I'm sorry for assuming you opened a terminal. I realized the error > message you mentioned comes from a windows prompt. > Did you try to invoke cygwin.bat on the directory where you installed > cygwin? > Yes. But where I'm invoking it from could

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:50:39AM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setup > >program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), and have the base packages and a > >number of the developer packages selected.

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread zzapper
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:50:39 + (UTC), wrote: >I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with > the current setup program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), > and have the base packages and a number of the > developer packages selected. But when installation > completes, I have the /etc, /lib, /usr

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:50:39AM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > >I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setup > > >program (www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), and have the base packages a

RE: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Nick Sabalausky > Sent: 22 July 2004 17:57 > Christopher Faylor > cygwin.com> writes: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:50:39AM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > >I've tried installing Cygwin numerous times with the current setu

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
Igor Pechtchanski cs.nyu.edu> writes: > > Just a WAG: is there a "C:/cygwin/bin"? Also, is there an > "HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions" key in the registry? What are its > contents? > Igor There is no "C:/cygwin/bin". There is an "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions". It contain

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
Dave Korn artimi.com> writes: > > Is your HD full? > > [remembering that one time when I just *couldn't* figure out why the car > wouldn't start.] > > cheers, > DaveK Good point. Before I started the installs I had 800MB free on that particular drive (not my system drive),

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski cs.nyu.edu> writes: > > > Just a WAG: is there a "C:/cygwin/bin"? Also, is there an > > "HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions" key in the registry? What are its > > contents? > > Igor > > There is no "C:/cygwin/bin". > There is an "H

RE: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Nick Sabalausky > Sent: 22 July 2004 18:59 > Dave Korn writes: > > > > > Is your HD full? > > > > [remembering that one time when I just *couldn't* figure > out why the car > > wouldn't start.] > > > > cheers, > >

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
zzapper tvis.co.uk> writes: > > Guestimating Possible Reasons:- > > a) You have the ghost of someother *nix emulation on your system (MKS?) > Hmm, I do have "C:\cygnus\cygwin-b20", I think it's an incomplete version, although it does still at least "sort of" work. Since I'm trying to instal

RE: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner on Behalf Of Nick Sabalausky > Sent: 22 July 2004 19:09 > zzapper writes: > > Guestimating Possible Reasons:- > > > > a) You have the ghost of someother *nix emulation on your > system (MKS?) > > > > Hmm, I do have "C:\cygnus\cygwin-b20", I th

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
Igor Pechtchanski cs.nyu.edu> writes: > > *THAT'S IT*. That's your problem right here. Basically, setup will not > change an existing /usr/bin mount, if there is one, and it will install > things into /usr/bin, not /bin, so all of the new apps just went to > wherever /usr/bin pointed to. Your

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
Nick Sabalausky jcu.edu> writes: > > However, now the problem I have is that when I'm in that shell, > I can't get to /cygdrive/c or /cygdrive/c. An ls on the root > directory reveals "bin cygwin.bat cygwin.ico etc home lib > usr var", but not "cygdrive". > Hmm, I exited and ran Cygw

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski cs.nyu.edu> writes: > > > *THAT'S IT*. That's your problem right here. Basically, setup will not > > change an existing /usr/bin mount, if there is one, and it will install > > things into /usr/bin, not /bin, so all of the new apps

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:25:04PM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >Nick Sabalausky jcu.edu> writes: >>However, now the problem I have is that when I'm in that shell, I can't >>get to /cygdrive/c or /cygdrive/c. An ls on the root directory reveals >>"bin cygwin.bat cygwin.ico etc home lib usr var",

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Nick Sabalausky
Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: > > Hmm. It seems like any well-written human would not have issues like > this. > > :) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.co

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Warren Young
Christopher Faylor wrote: Hmm. It seems like any well-written human would not have issues like this. PTC. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
Warren Young wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >Hmm. It seems like any well-written human would not have issues like > >this. > > PTC. I believe there are licensing issues that would need to be resolved first. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 06:58:57PM -0700, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: >Warren Young wrote: >>Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>Hmm. It seems like any well-written human would not have issues like >>>this. >> >>PTC. > >I believe there are licensing issues that would need to be resolved >first. Yes,

RE: No /bin after installation

2004-07-23 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: 22 July 2004 20:47 > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:25:04PM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >Nick Sabalausky writes: > >>However, now the problem I have is that when I'm in that > shell, I can't > >>get to /cygd

RE: No /bin after installation

2004-07-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Dave Korn wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > > Sent: 22 July 2004 20:47 > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:25:04PM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > >Hmm, I exited and ran Cygwin again and now I can do "cd /cygdrive/c".

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 23 08:38, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Dave Korn wrote: > > It's only homosapiens v1.0.0, you know. You gotta expect a few bugs in > > the first release > > cheers, DaveK [ somedays it seems more like a beta... ] > > Gack! I thought it still *was* in beta!

Re: No /bin after installation

2004-07-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:00:49PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor >> Sent: 22 July 2004 20:47 > >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:25:04PM +, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> >Nick Sabalausky writes: >> >>However, now the problem

RE: No /bin after installation

2004-07-26 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: 24 July 2004 02:43 > On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:00:49PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > >> Sent: 22 July 2004 20:47 > > > >> O