Empty /usr/local/bin in Release 1.5.5-1

Empty /usr/local/bin in Release 1.5.5-1

[Shyamal Mitra]

Hi,

I just installed Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on my Windows XP machine. I
cannot find vi or gcc. This is a partial output from `echo $PATH`.

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/SSH Communications Security/SSH Secure Shell

There is nothing in /usr/local/bin. Is there something that I should
have done during setup that I did not do?

How do I change to C or T shell?

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

Regards,

Shyamal Mitra


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Re: Empty /usr/local/bin in Release 1.5.5-1

[Brian Ford]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Shyamal Mitra wrote:

> I just installed Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on my Windows XP machine. I
> cannot find vi or gcc.
>
> There is nothing in /usr/local/bin.
>
/usr/local/bin is normally empty after an install.  It is for locally (ie.
you) installed software, not software that shipped with the distro.

> Is there something that I should have done during setup that I did not
> do?
>
Yes, see:

http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC13 and
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC14

> How do I change to C or T shell?
>
Edit /etc/passwd and change the shell field just like on *NIX.

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