Shared library error when invoking 'octave'

Hello, When I invoked 'octave', I got the following error: /usr/bin/octave-3.4.0.exe: error while loading shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory So I did a cygcheck and got this: (3866) sirius-pipas:~ $ cygcheck octave-3.4.0.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\octa

Re: 1.7.7: bash --login does not read my ~/.profile

Thank you Greg and Eliot. I erroneously assumed that bash reads the .profile if it exists. Thank you again. Paul Cantalupo University of Pittsburgh On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Paul Cantalupo wrote: > Hello, > > Recently I installed Cygwin on an XP computer at home. But when I

1.7.7: bash --login does not read my ~/.profile

=~/downloads/bioperl/bioperl-live So, that when I type "echo $PERL5LIB" I don't get any output. I've attached the output from cygcheck -s -v -r as well. Thank you for your help, Paul Paul Cantalupo University of Pittsburgh cygcheck.out Description: Binary data -- Problem reports:

setup hanging when running postinstall scripts

ded package seems to run just fine. Then I add ".done" to the end of the post-install script so it doesn't try to run during the next upgrade. What is going on here? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks! Paul Cantalupo Research Specialist/Systems Programmer -- Problem report

perl GD - can find gd.h

Hello, Yesterday Dave Korn helped me get my gcc compiler working. Now I'm running into a new issue when trying to compile the Perl GD module. Here is the output: (1008) sirius:~/downloads/GD-2.44 $ perl Makefile.PL Notice: Type perl Makefile.PL -h for command-line option summary. Config

Re: gcc command not found

Argh. Bad perms, gah. Try this: for x in /etc/postinstall/{gcc.,gcc-[^tm],gcc4-}* ; do . $x done Then check in your bin dir for all the appropriate names and links. cheers, DaveK I ran your for loop command and got this: bash: /usr/sbin/fix-libtool-scripts-for-latest-gcc-

Re: gcc command not found

On 31/01/2010 15:14, Paul Cantalupo wrote: > Any ideas on what I should try next? I'm about ready to backup my > existing installation and try to create a whole brand-new cygwin > installation. Nooo! Don't go that far. Let's check your postinstall scripts: run &qu

gcc command not found

Hello, I recently upgraded my cygwin installation from 1.5.x to 1.7.1 without what seemed to be any problems. Then I tried to compile a Perl Module called GD and I get this error: gcc: command not found I've never had this problem before the upgrade to 1.7. Then I checked for gcc in various

cygwin terminal is slow when running Microsoft Word

Hello, I'm running cygwin 1.5.25 on XP and I run Office 2003. Whenever Microsoft word is open, my cygwin terminal is very slow. This problem is specific to Word since having Excel open causes no problems. Has anybody seen this? Thank you, Paul -- Paul Cantalupo Research Specialist/Sy

file name too long

1/msg0.html) discussion of what seems to be the same problem that I am having. So, was a fix ever implemented? Is there a workaround to this problem other than installing Linux? Thank you for your help, Paul -- Paul Cantalupo Research Specialist/Systems Programmer 559 Crawford Hall Department o

problems creating apache service

Hello, I am using cygwin 1.3.17 on Windows 2000 (SP3) and cygwin apache 1.3.24. I read the Apache/Cygwin page, http://httpd.apache.org/docs/cygwin.html, to figure how to run apache as a service. I used this command line: cygrunsrv -I apache -p /usr/sbin/httpd.exe The service is created just fine