Thank you both for the information and clarification on Cygwin. I guess I will download the Windows version of J2EE instead..
CJ On 7/7/05, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to C Jennings on 7/7/2005 8:03 PM: > > Hello, > > This might be a stupid question but is it possible to install Linux > > software onto Cygwin. > > Cygwin is (well, strives to be) a SOURCE-compatible environment. To run a > linux program in cygwin, the program must be recompiled from source. It > will not run binaries pre-compiled for Linux, and Java J2EE for linux is > not only a binary, but it is also closed source (which defeats the ability > to compile it against cygwin because of licensing issues). However, Sun > distributes a windows version of J2EE, so just use that binary. > > - -- > Life is short - so eat dessert first! > > Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFCzeS084KuGfSFAYARAmGuAKDXdoYJhIV+S0TJxQDyKHAx2JPdAACfe4eI > s3vyt+f/qPHCiP8QGpVZveA= > =3WK3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- 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/
