On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Barry wrote: > Could someone tell me a way to download cygwin that will include > ipc-daemon2? My installation from several months ago had an empty user/bin > directory, and it was still empty after downloading every package. Then I > deleted the desktop shortcut and the cygwin directory (cygwin wasn't > listed in the add/remove programs list), and I tried installing cygwin > using all the default settings from setup.exe, with two different mirrors, > and no bin directory was created at all! I searched the cygwin directory > for "ipc-daemon2" in a file name using Windows XP's search tool, and it > didn't exist. > > It's possible I never actually installed every package because I got an > error message after 99% was complete, and I didn't try setup.exe again > until the next day (which went much faster). Also, the setup.exe installer > might have been "designed to be easy for new users to understand," but it > certainly isn't! > > I need ipc-daemon2 for PostgreSQL, and everything is on hold until I could > get it. > > Thanks, > Barry
Let's start from the beginning. Please review and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, in particular the bit about attaching your cygcheck output. Looks like you haven't completely uninstalled Cygwin in the first place -- see <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC19>. Also, /usr/bin is a *mount* under Cygwin -- it *should* appear empty in Explorer; for details see <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC61>. If you have a problem with setup's installation, the places to find the errors are /var/log/setup.log and /var/log/setup.log.full. Also, reviewing <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html> should help. Finally, if you're looking for a package that contains a particular in Cygwin, the package search page at <http://cygwin.com/packages/> is the place to go. 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/
