From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Cc: Lou Umscheid <umscheid@verizon.net>,
Lou Umscheid <jrsy.angl@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Fortran Installation
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 11:37:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <232e5e04-5a4c-2836-6839-576f64e9db25@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <db4e20f9-6d00-b682-b444-447ecaadbac6@verizon.net>
On 2021-01-03 11:22, Lou Umscheid via Cygwin wrote:
> On 1/3/2021 12:28 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2021-01-03 09:44, Lou Umscheid via Cygwin wrote:
>>> I would like to install Fortran on newly installed Cygwin64 on my new LG
>>> laptop. I did this 9+ years ago for Cygwin32 on my Dell T1600 which is now
>>> fading. The process 9 years ago was long and hard over several weeks with
>>> many fallbacks and redo's. I am competent in Fortran programming but have
>>> only a minimum knowledge of Linux/Unix. Can anyone point me to a guide (I
>>> searched but could not find any) to installing Fortran, including which files
>>> to download, PATH, alias changes, etc. I know it is a lot to ask, but ANY
>>> help would be appreciated.
>>
>> To get a list of manually picked and installed packages in your current Cygwin
>> installation (excluding library packages except if they are devel or doc
>> packages) run the following command against your current installation:
>>
>> $ awk '$3 && ($1 !~ /^lib/ || $1 ~ /-(devel|doc)/) {print $1}' \
>> /etc/setup/installed.db | tee cygwin-packages-picked.txt
>>
>> * transfer the file cygwin-packages-picked.txt to your new system e.g. your
>> Windows account Downloads folder on your new system,
>> * download https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe to e.g. your Windows account
>> Downloads folder on your new system,
>> * run setup-x86_64 on your new system with no selections to install a basic
>> Cygwin installation for you, then
>> * start a Cygwin shell in a terminal session, and
>> * rerun the Cygwin setup program with e.g.:
>>
>> $ cygstart /proc/cygdrive/c/Users/.../Downloads/setup-x86_64 \
>> -P "`cat /proc/cygdrive/c/Users/.../Downloads/cygwin-packages-picked.txt`"
>>
>> to start installing the manually picked packages you had on your old system
>> (dependencies will be automatically pulled in):
>> * you *MUST* exit your Cygwin shell and terminal, and ensure that you have no
>> other Cygwin processes still running, before allowing the Cygwin setup program
>> to proceed; and
>> * wait patiently for all the package downloads, installations, and
>> post-install scripts to run to completion, before trying to do anything more
>> under Cygwin on your new system.
> wow; thanks for quick response. I tried running your first command but got
> the message:
>
> awk: fatal: cannot open file ' /etc/setup/installed.db' for reading (No such
> file or directory) >
> The file seems to be there and I checked my input so I do not know what when
> wrong. Any suggestions?
File name shown is ' /etc/setup/installed.db' - includes a leading space - do
not use any quotes or add spaces in file names - or just paste the second line
at the end of the first line, with an (unquoted) space between if required.
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-03 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <b3d295a7-b7d9-9b33-0391-cc33bb39c029.ref@verizon.net>
2021-01-03 16:44 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-03 17:11 ` Marco Atzeri
2021-01-04 0:19 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-04 8:42 ` Marco Atzeri
2021-01-05 14:18 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-03 17:20 ` Achim Gratz
2021-01-03 17:28 ` Brian Inglis
2021-01-03 18:22 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-03 18:27 ` Achim Gratz
2021-01-03 18:37 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2021-01-03 18:41 ` Brian Inglis
2021-01-03 18:58 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-03 19:18 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-03 21:03 ` Brian Inglis
2021-01-03 21:42 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-03 22:59 ` Brian Inglis
2021-01-04 0:29 ` Lou Umscheid
2021-01-04 6:04 ` Brian Inglis
2021-01-04 6:48 ` David Billinghurst
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