On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Michel Van den Bergh wrote: > Hi, > > I am learning cygwin package management. Something I don't > know how to do is how to install a binary package from > ***within cygwin***, i.e. the equivalent of rpm -i.. > > Can somebody enlighten me?
Use the same 'setup.exe' tool that you used to install Cygwin. You should be aware that there is a "release candidate" version of setup.exe at <http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/> that's looking for testers. Igor P.S. Please start a new thread if asking unrelated questions, instead of following up to an existing thread (this applies to both of your postings today). -- 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! "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- 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/
