From: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Necessary/Essential Packages for Cygwin GNOME and KDE Installation
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 03:51:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <75298019-5d12-4528-ffff-f955bb205e0c@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1043960345.7320645.1527789400288@mail.yahoo.com>
On 2018-05-31 12:56, 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latest Cygwin GNOME and KDE desktops on Windows 10, yet from online searches the information that's currently out there is obsolete.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"
These projects are ancient and no longer supported.
> 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.
For the GNOME (Flashback) DE, install gnome-flashback (and its
dependencies).
For the Plasma DE, install plasma-workspace (and its dependencies).
> 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.
Each DE installs a Start Menu entry (under Cygwin-X) with which you
should start it.
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2018-06-22 8:49 ` Auteria W. Winzer Jr. via cygwin
2018-06-22 11:16 ` Marco Atzeri
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2018-06-22 12:34 ` Marco Atzeri
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