I've installed cygwin successfully, but various fundamental programs are missing, notably vi (or even ed) more (or less) and man (despite the fact that there are 801 files in /usr/man).
I've searched the packages in the setup program, but vi isn't listed separately, and I installed everything anyway.
I've tried to search but the package search brings up anything with "vi" in it, like "view" or "divide" or "david" :-) and the gmane newsgroup search says "ignoring common word: vi".
It would help me if I could know basic information like, should I expect to find vi with cygwin? I thought the main advantage of vi over other editors was that it was found on absolutely EVERY unix system there was. Should I be looking somewhere else for a package? And if so, how do I find which package vi is in, when the word "vi" is impossible to search for.
I'm also concerned that I did something wrong, since even "less" doesn't work. This is most odd, since there are scripts like "zless" which clearly expect "less" to be a valid command.
As requested in the posting guidelines, here is my output from cygcheck:
Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Sun Aug 17 08:24:47 2003
Windows 98 Ver 4.10 Build 1998
Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
C:\cygwin\bin
C:\cygwin\bin
c:\WINDOWS
c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (nontsec) UID: 31009(ruthy) GID: 544(all) 544(all)
C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (ntsec) UID: 31009(ruthy) GID: 544(all) 544(all)
SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
HOME = `C:\cygwin\home\ruthy' MAKE_MODE = `unix' PWD = `/home/ruthy' USER = `ruthy'
CMDLINE = `bash --login -i'
COMSPEC = `C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM'
CVS_RSH = `/bin/ssh'
HOMEDRIVE = `C:'
HOMEPATH = `\cygwin\home\ruthy'
INFOPATH = `/usr/local/info:/usr/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/autotool/devel/info:/usr/autotool/stable/info:'
MANPATH = `/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/autotool/devel/man:'
OLDPWD = `/usr/bin'
PROMPT = `$p$g'
PS1 = `$ '
SHLVL = `1'
TEMP = `c:\WINDOWS\TEMP'
TERM = `cygwin'
TMP = `c:\WINDOWS\TEMP'
WINBOOTDIR = `C:\WINDOWS'
WINDIR = `C:\WINDOWS'
_ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = `C:\cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = `C:\cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = `C:\cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
a: fd N/A N/A c: hd FAT32 12397Mb 2% CP UN RUTHY d: hd FAT32 38152Mb 44% CP UN 40_GIGA e: cd N/A N/A
C:\cygwin / system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe hides c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Not Found: ld Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Not Found: make Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
58k 2002/05/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/7 2:33
19k 2003/03/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/2/19 22:05
28k 2003/07/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyggdbm-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/7/20 3:58
15k 2003/07/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyggdbm_compat-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/7/20 4:00
945k 2003/06/18 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/6/17 23:08
22k 2001/12/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygintl-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/12/13 4:28
28k 2002/09/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygintl-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/9/19 23:13
45k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:28
26k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:27
156k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:29
226k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:17
15k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:27
35k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygform6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03
20k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygmenu6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03
175k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygncurses++6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03
202k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygncurses6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03
12k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygpanel6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03
76k 2003/03/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygform7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:51
48k 2003/03/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygmenu7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:51
284k 2003/03/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygncurses7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:50
31k 2003/03/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygpanel7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:50
63k 2003/04/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygpcre.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 4:31
61k 2003/04/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygpcreposix.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 4:31
17k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 23:34
108k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 23:34
20k 2002/10/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cyghistory5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/10/10 13:28
127k 2002/10/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygreadline5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/10/10 13:28
50k 2002/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/3/11 23:38
948k 2003/03/18 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
"cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/18 9:20
Cygwin DLL version info:
DLL version: 1.3.22
DLL epoch: 19
DLL bad signal mask: 19005
DLL old termios: 5
DLL malloc env: 28
API major: 0
API minor: 78
Shared data: 3
DLL identifier: cygwin1
Mount registry: 2
Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
Program options name: Program Options
Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
Cygdrive default prefix:
Build date: Tue Mar 18 09:20:11 EST 2003
CVS tag: dontuse-21
Shared id: cygwin1S3
Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: D:\03_Cygwin Last downloaded files from: D:\03_Cygwin
Package Version _update-info-dir 00197-1 ash 20020731-1 base-files 2.0-2 base-passwd 1.1-1 bash 2.05b-9 bzip2 1.0.2-2 cygwin 1.3.22-1 diffutils 2.8.1-1 fileutils 4.1-1 findutils 4.1.7-4 gawk 3.1.3-1 gdbm 1.8.3-3 grep 2.5-1 gzip 1.3.3-4 libbz2_1 1.0.2-2 libgdbm 1.8.0-5 libgdbm-devel 1.8.3-3 libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 libiconv2 1.8-3 libintl1 0.10.40-1 libintl2 0.11.5-1 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-8 libncurses7 5.3-1 libpcre 4.1-1 libreadline4 4.1-2 libreadline5 4.3-2 login 1.9-5 ncurses 5.3-1 readline 4.3-2 sed 4.0.7-1 sh-utils 2.0.15-3 tar 1.13.25-1 termcap 20021106-2 terminfo 5.3_20030726-1 texinfo 4.2-4 textutils 2.0.21-1 which 1.5-1 zlib 1.1.4-1
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Thanks -- Andy
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