From: Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com, wwinzer@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Necessary/Essential Packages for Cygwin GNOME and KDE Installation
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:16:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5148d752-b16d-e529-43e0-c15e22548d0a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <762901060.697104.1529652676506@mail.yahoo.com>
On 6/22/2018 9:31 AM, Auteria W. Winzer Jr. via cygwin wrote:
> I want to install the latest Cygwin GNOME and KDE desktops on Windows 10, yet from online searches the information that's currently out there is obsolete.
>
> For example, after reviewing the GNOME install procedure, when I add the URL http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/install to the list of mirrored installation sites, it comes back with an HTTP 404 "site not found".
>
> The same holds true for KDE. The installation procedure states add the URL http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/install to the list of mirrored installation sites, it also returns an HTTP 404 error "site not found"
>
> However, I see GNOME and KDE categories within Cygwin setup. My questions are 1) What are the essential/necessary packages to install both GNOME and KDE? I haven't come across online info on the steps necessary.
>
> On my Windows 8 laptop, I was able to install GNOME and KDE Desktops with no issues back then, and they were linked to XWin Server where if I right click on the Cygwin X Server Icon, they're listed in the table of contents to invoke.
> I sincerely appreciate the information. My goal is to install the full desktops as previous. There are no issues with the Cygwin X-Free installation. I'm good there.
>
> Thanks, and regards,
> Auteria Winzer Jr.
>
Yaakov already answered you
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-06/msg00000.html
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2018-06-22 8:49 ` Auteria W. Winzer Jr. via cygwin
2018-06-22 11:16 ` Marco Atzeri [this message]
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2018-06-22 12:34 ` Marco Atzeri
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[not found] ` <1043960345.7320645.1527789400288@mail.yahoo.com>
2018-06-01 3:51 ` Yaakov Selkowitz
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