From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 80661 invoked by alias); 1 Jun 2018 03:51:46 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 80651 invoked by uid 89); 1 Jun 2018 03:51:45 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=ancient, Menu, H*M:cygwin, online X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 03:51:44 +0000 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EA197DAC1 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2018 03:51:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.10.125.159] (ovpn-125-159.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.125.159]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D472A1C668 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2018 03:51:42 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Necessary/Essential Packages for Cygwin GNOME and KDE Installation To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1043960345.7320645.1527789400288.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1043960345.7320645.1527789400288@mail.yahoo.com> From: Yaakov Selkowitz Message-ID: <75298019-5d12-4528-ffff-f955bb205e0c@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 03:51:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1043960345.7320645.1527789400288@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2018-06/txt/msg00000.txt.bz2 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latest Cygwin GNOME and KDE desktops on Windows 10, yet from online searches the information that's currently out there is obsolete.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. -- Yaakov -- 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