C Jennings wrote: > This might be a stupid question but is it possible to install Linux > software onto Cygwin.
No. > I currently have Cygwin + 3.1.4 KDE installed on my Windows XP box. > I've downloaded (wget) a tar file of the Java J2EE SDK v1.3.1 and > installed it using the following command provided on Sun's website: > > tar xvzf j2sdkee-1_3_1-linux.tar.gz You need to use the win32 j2sdk. > I don't know if it won't work because Cygwinis a port of the linux OS > and you can therefore only install the ported utilites that are > already provided by Cygwin such as Nedit or if i am doing something > wrong? Cygwin is not Linux in any shape or form. Cygwin is a set of libraries that provide a Linux-like API that allows you to build unix/posix applications as Windows binaries. This compatibility exists on the source level only, there is no chance whatsoever of being able to execute a Linux binary. All of the ported applications that you have mentioned have been recompiled from source. Brian -- 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/
