Issue resolved (partially) further action I should be able to do on my own.
YES! paths were messed up! Bless you, Andy!! I _had_ reinstalled tetex-x11, following up archived mailing list queries, with no luck. I think I'll do a full reinstallation soon. Best Wishes, Manish Agarwal 2010/1/14 Andy Koppe <andy.ko...@gmail.com>: > 2010/1/14 Manish Agarwal: >> These are the packages/commands/features which I have been using with >> cygwin. I am unable to install them through a "fresh" setup.Reason for >> not being able to install: they no longer exist in the package select >> window. >> >> xdvi (I _have_ installed and using tetex, tetex-x11) >> uptime > > xdvi actually is part of tetex-x11, and it should be installed in > /usr/X11R6/bin. Try reinstalling that package if xdvi isn't there. > Might also be worth checking your PATH. > > You can search packages at http://cygwin.com/packages/. > > >> My apologies for sounding irate, it is just that like everyone I was >> in a middle of "something important" and I messed up something which I >> rely on for my bread and butter. > > A great time for a major update on your production machine then. > > Andy > > -- > 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 > > -- 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
