On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 01:28:34PM +1100, Chris Cormie wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> I'd like the installer to use a more intuitive UI, be more capable of >> running from the command line, and be able to handle RPMs. >http://code.google.com/p/cyg-apt/ >(Command line installer project.) > >Doesn't handle RPMs, only Cygwin packages. Does have a apt-get style >interface. I'm thinking RPM support is a bit beside the point?
Nope. A real package manager would be very nice. >A binary RPM from a different distro won't work, packages usually need >porting to > Cygwin -- that's all part of the Cygwin package system. > >If you only need to install specific packages, setup.exe has you covered: >$./setup-1.7.exe -q -P joe I'm very well aware of setup's capabilities. I am one of the authors after all. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
