.Xdefaults not being read

[Phil Betts]

thetrystero wrote on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:59 AM::

> I just installed cygwin on Windows 2000 using the setup file. I used
> the 
> default installation plus all of the X11 files. I'm now having
> trouble with 
> xterms starting up without picking up the configurations in
> ~/.Xdefaults. 
> when I try to do a xrdb ~/.Xdefaults, I get the following error:
> 
> /bin/sh: cpp: command not found
> 
> Very strange .. what does xrdb have to do with C++?

cpp is the C Pre-Processor, used to process #if/#endif etc.
It can be installed by installing the gcc-core package.


Phil

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