* Loginscript @ 2008-12-23 23:17 Andreas Pfister 2008-12-23 23:35 ` Is it possible to install cigwyn application passing the setup? Alexander M. Batishchev ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Andreas Pfister @ 2008-12-23 23:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Hi, I have a question regarding the startup procedure of cygwin. I tried to put an .login file into my home folder with an simple command in it an suggested that this will be executed after starting up cygwin but nothing happened. Any ideas or approaches to get that work ? Thanks a lot Andreas -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Is it possible to install cigwyn application passing the setup? 2008-12-23 23:17 Loginscript Andreas Pfister @ 2008-12-23 23:35 ` Alexander M. Batishchev 2008-12-24 0:26 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) 2008-12-24 0:05 ` Loginscript René Berber 2008-12-24 8:24 ` Loginscript Thorsten Kampe 2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Alexander M. Batishchev @ 2008-12-23 23:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Hi. Is it possible to install an application from cigwyn via any method, except setup? What for is there Cygwin Package List search, if the result for example 'uname' contains nothing about 'where a package or file lives in the Cygwin release'? Maybe I'm wrong, please tip me how to do that. Cheers! Alexander M. Batishchev -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Is it possible to install cigwyn application passing the setup? 2008-12-23 23:35 ` Is it possible to install cigwyn application passing the setup? Alexander M. Batishchev @ 2008-12-24 0:26 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2008-12-24 0:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Alexander M. Batishchev wrote: > Hi. Hello. Please don't commandeer someone else's threads for your own use. If you have a new question for this list, just send a new message. > Is it possible to install an application from cigwyn via any method, except > setup? > What for is there Cygwin Package List search, if the result for example > 'uname' contains nothing about 'where a package or file lives in the Cygwin > release'? > Maybe I'm wrong, please tip me how to do that. 'setup.exe' is the supported way to install any Cygwin package. While one could certainly find another way to properly install a package, it wouldn't be supported by this list and you'd miss out on all the fun of installing it through 'setup.exe'. ;-) The 'Cygwin Package List' page, <http://cygwin.com/packages/> , is used to find out what package a particular utility is in. The intent is that a user that knows what utility he/she wants but not which package has it can find this out. Armed with the package name of the desired utility, the user can then use 'setup.exe' to install that package. Using your example, if I simply type in 'uname' to the search, it returns a number of hits. Installing all of these packages will get you 'uname' but that would be overkill (especially since some of the packages returned from this simple search are source. ;-) ) If you instead use '/bin/uname', you'll see you get a much smaller list and that you're pointed to the 'coreutils' package exclusively. Installing 'coreutils' with 'setup.exe' gets you 'uname'. FWIW, 'cygcheck -p /bin/uname' will get you the same information, if you have an active Internet connection at the time that you initiate the command. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Loginscript 2008-12-23 23:17 Loginscript Andreas Pfister 2008-12-23 23:35 ` Is it possible to install cigwyn application passing the setup? Alexander M. Batishchev @ 2008-12-24 0:05 ` René Berber 2008-12-24 0:08 ` Loginscript Larry Hall (Cygwin) 2008-12-24 8:24 ` Loginscript Thorsten Kampe 2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: René Berber @ 2008-12-24 0:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Andreas Pfister wrote: > I have a question regarding the startup procedure of cygwin. > I tried to put an .login file into my home folder with an simple command > in it an suggested that this will be executed after starting up cygwin > but nothing happened. Any ideas or approaches to get that work ? .login only works with csh (tcsh is also 'c-shell'), Cygwin uses bash which use .bashrc and a few others to set up things at startup. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Loginscript 2008-12-24 0:05 ` Loginscript René Berber @ 2008-12-24 0:08 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) @ 2008-12-24 0:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin René Berber wrote: > Andreas Pfister wrote: > >> I have a question regarding the startup procedure of cygwin. >> I tried to put an .login file into my home folder with an simple command >> in it an suggested that this will be executed after starting up cygwin >> but nothing happened. Any ideas or approaches to get that work ? > > .login only works with csh (tcsh is also 'c-shell'), Cygwin uses bash > which use .bashrc and a few others to set up things at startup. For those curious about the details, see the bash (or tcsh) man page. For those keeping score, this is not a Cygwin-specific issue. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Loginscript 2008-12-23 23:17 Loginscript Andreas Pfister 2008-12-23 23:35 ` Is it possible to install cigwyn application passing the setup? Alexander M. Batishchev 2008-12-24 0:05 ` Loginscript René Berber @ 2008-12-24 8:24 ` Thorsten Kampe 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Thorsten Kampe @ 2008-12-24 8:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin * Andreas Pfister (Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:05:56 +0100)> > I have a question regarding the startup procedure of cygwin. Cygwin is not an application. You cannot "start" Cygwin. > I tried to put an .login file into my home folder with an simple > command in it an suggested that this will be executed after starting > up cygwin but nothing happened. Cygwin is not an application. You cannot "start" Cygwin. You probably started a (bash) shell. > Any ideas or approaches to get that work ? Read the man page of your shell. Especially the section about files at the end. Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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