RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup --file

2006-04-20 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Hello sorry-- forgot the attachment last time Thanks, Tasha -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:52 PM To: cygwin AT cygwin.com Cc: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Subject: RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup On Tue, 18 Apr 2006

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-20 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
any help at the moment, but I thought you might want to know about the error at the kernel.org site. Thanks, Tasha -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:52 PM To: cygwin AT cygwin.com Cc: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Subject: RE: Not being given the opti

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Yes, I do mean from the cygwin site. If I click on "install now" and I have a copy on my laptop, there is a brief pause and then the cursor blinks again. Then there's a duplicate copy of "setup.exe" on my desktop (which gets named setup2.exe). I can't get it to even give me the window that asks if

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
in XP and there is no "properties" dialog. The top of the console window is entirely blank. Is this something I can change? Thanks Tasha -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:41 PM To: Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore Cc

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
~~ Natalia (Tasha) Belfiore, PhD Visiting Research Fellow Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 3101 VLSB #3160 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 tel: 510-643-0986; fax: 510-643-8238 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Igor Peshansky [mailto

RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup

2006-04-18 Thread Natalia \(Tasha\) Belfiore
Thanks for the various suggestions/comments. I'm afraid I am a little bit confused. But here's what I can confirm after trying some more things: 1. there's no doubt I have a working cygwin installation, but perl was not even on the list of packages I could choose in the install. Now that it's ins