From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14171 invoked by alias); 2 Feb 2011 14:51:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 14162 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Feb 2011 14:51:22 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (HELO nm10-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com) (98.138.91.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:51:17 +0000 Received: from [98.138.90.53] by nm10.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2011 14:51:15 -0000 Received: from [98.138.88.233] by tm6.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2011 14:51:15 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1033.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Feb 2011 14:51:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 21053 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2011 14:51:15 -0000 Received: from [192.168.1.231] (reply-to-list-only-lh@108.7.36.4 with plain) by smtp113.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Feb 2011 06:51:15 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4D496F64.4020703@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:51:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Looking for pointers to extended installation help References: <648112.45584.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <648112.45584.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-02/txt/msg00042.txt.bz2 On 2/2/2011 9:10 AM, Larry W. Virden wrote: > A few years ago, I attempted to install cygwin on Windows XP and found that > despite following the standard instructions, I was unsuccessful in getting > cron to run, had some problems with gcc, etc. > > Are there additional cygwin tutorials, guides, helps, books that might > provide more in-depth help for someone not particularly knowledgable in > administering a unix setup? Maybe something oriented towards someone with > more Windows experience? > > Thank you for any pointers you might be able to provide. There's the section in the FAQ for common setup questions/issues: There's also a like section in the Users Guide that describes the different installation options: The Cygwin-X documentation pages have a step-by-step guide to the install: -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple