X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:39:24 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Download Cygwin once and intall it several times Message-ID: <20080729203923.GB10044@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20080728211557 DOT GA7646 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <488E3FF7 DOT 8000907 AT bmts DOT com> <20080728215055 DOT GC7646 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20080729011504 DOT GB9423 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <488F6FCE DOT 4020407 AT cygwin DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <488F6FCE.4020407@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 03:30:22PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >peterpan1616 wrote: >>I re do all the procedure that I can summarize: 1) from www.cygwin.com >>I download setup.exe on the PC_A 2) Using PC_A I download all the >>distribution fron HEANET.IE in the temp dir c:/temp_cygwin 3) On the >>PC_B I erased all related to cygwin (file, directory and using regedit >>all releted to registry with cygwin and cygnus 4) I copied setup.exe >>and temp_cygwin from PC_A to PC_B 5) Using setup.exe I installed cygwin >>on PC_B. 6) I created the environment variable HOME equal to >>c:\cygwin\home >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This >step is not a requirement. I don't recommend it. > >>7) I created the home directory parallel to bin lib etc >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This step is also >not a requirement. I don't recommend it. Both of these might be the cause of the problem. They shouldn't be necessary. I should have picked up on this before. cgf -- 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/