But, the version of vim package is too new, it's 6.3-1, but my cygwin is only 1.9.10-1 ( the version of cygwin package ). Must I update the whole.
And, from my home, it's very slow to download packages via setup.exe, is there a fast http/ftp url to download the whole package ? On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:58:15 +0800 Yin Ming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:52:54 -0400 (EDT) > Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Yin Ming wrote: > > > > > HI, all > > > > > > Greeting to all mates. This is my first time here. > > > > > > I installed from a local downloaded directory. (Since I cannot access > > > Internet in my office), and after installed that, I found I missed vim > > > and w32api, these two tar.gz file were broken. So I downloaded them > > > individually, and copy them (the tar.gz package, the setup.hint and md5 > > > files) into their directories. Then I started setup.exe again, but > > > cannot find these two packages in the list. Wow, how can I install them? > > > > First off, Cygwin packages are distributed as .tar.bz2 files, not .tar.gz > > -- are you sure you got them from the right place? > Emm. I wrote wrong words. It's bz2, but I download it from another site, > and the version is much newer than the installed one. > > > Secondly, setup > > doesn't read the setup.hint and md5 files, it reads the setup.ini > > (setup.bz2) in the top install cache directory. > Then I edited the setup.ini, add these new version packages inside, and > the md5 code. > > > Thirdly, did you try the > > "Full" and "Not installed" views? > > Igor > OK, after that, I can see them now. Installation has been done, and > thank you, Igor. -- 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/
