Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-apps-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:48:13 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com Subject: [vlabella AT uark DOT edu: adding optional packages] Message-ID: <20001118174813.A7567@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i Can someone help this person out? I was under the impression that some (all?) of these packages were related to X. Is that true? If so, we currently don't have a method available for downloading X apps and I don't think it makes sense to make X part of the default installation. cgf ----- Forwarded message from Vincent Labella ----- From: "Vincent Labella" To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: adding optional packages Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:58:04 -0600 (CST) Hello, Besides the fact that Cygwin is freely availible, regularily updated and easy to install. The thing I like most is that it comes with so many optional packages: libtiff, zlib, jpeg, ssh etc.. precompiled and installed! Getting even a comercial compiler installed with all these optional packages would take a modest amount of effort. So my question is: What does it take to add an optional package to cygwin? Is this up to an individual or is there a set of instructions one can follow? The reason is that I would like to add the following packages that compile OOTB: -fftw -wxwindows -gsl I would be happy to do the work if instructed. Vince += Vincent P. LaBella vlabella AT uark DOT edu Univ. of Arkansas =+ | Dept. of Physics Fayetteville, AR 72701 501-575-4313 FAX:4781| +==================>www.uark.edu/misc/vlabella<==================+ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- cgf AT cygnus DOT com Red Hat, Inc. http://sources.redhat.com/ http://www.redhat.com/