Thanks Igor. I followed your setup instructions, and I'm now working with the gcc compiler.
Thanks, Josh Padilla Citrus College Glendora, CA. Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Josh Padilla wrote: > > > I've just started up with cygwin. I'd to install only the absolute minimum > > number of packages neccesary to do first year c/c++ student programming under > > gcc. Is there a document/website which goes into detailed discussion of each > > cygwin package? > > > > Thanks, > > Josh Padilla > > Probably the best way (that involves the least effort on your part) is to > run setup.exe, set all packages to "Skip", then select "gcc-g++". setup > should then automatically[*] select all the dependences (prerequisites). > > Technically, you can view all the dependences in the setup.ini file that > you can get from any Cygwin mirror, and select packages by hand, but why? > > [*] ...if the packages maintainers have done their stuff correctly (they > usually do). You should still try running the programs, and if a missing > DLL box pops up, use the package search page at > <http://cygwin.com/packages/> to find out which additional package you > need, and install that package. Then please run "cygcheck -f <exec>", > where <exec> is the program that resulted in the message, and report to > this list that the package printed by cygcheck is missing a dependence on > the package you had to install. > > Whew, hope this makes sense. > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route > to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- 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/
