Installing cygwin/xfree : it works ! ( almost )

Suhaib Siddiqi ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
Sat Jul 8 07:16:00 GMT 2000


> > the cygwin announce archive.
> >
> > Robert Cicconetti
> 
> Thanks Robert,
> 
> But that's exactly what I did on June 27 : I have removed all traces 
of
> cygwinb20 then I have downloaded setup.exe from cygwin/latest at
> sunsite.org.uk and I told it to install from internet. I got 
cygwin1.1.2
> but what I don't understand is what should I download for X11 to
> make it work with cygwin1.1.2?
> 
> Should I download all files in xc-4-binaries except those with the 
string
> "cygwinb20" ? 
YES.
>I did not find any setup.exe for X11 and I suggest to put
> a README file to tell what X11 files should be downloaded with the
> latest cygwin release to avoid confusion.
There will be setup.exe in near future. everything goes in /usr/X11R6 
/usr is Cygwin mount point.
> 
> Richard Grenon
> 40 Avenue de la Division Leclerc
> 92320 Châtillon - France
> e-mail : Richard.GRENON@wanadoo.fr



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