[Fwd: Can't run XGGI on Cygwin 1.0]

[John Fortin <fortinj at attglobal dot net>]

John Fortin wrote:
> 
> Steve Kelem wrote:
> >
> > I tried making a symbolic link on the C drive:
> > ln -s /usr C:/usr
> > I also tried
> > ln -s G:/Cygwin/usr C:/usr
> > Neither got XGGI to work.
> > Fatal server error:
> > Unable to init LibGGI!
> >
> > 1. I assume that XGGI uses Cygwin, so that forward slashes are
> > understood.
> 
> XGGI uses cygwin, libGGI does not.
> 
> > 2. I didn't get an answer to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable
> > question.  Do I need to set this?
> 
> No.
> However, /usr/local/lib must be in your PATH.  Is it?
> 
> > 3.1 I also tried changing the .root line to use the Cygnus directory
> > as you have it. That also did not allow XGGI to run.
> 
> the .root MUST have the dos path in it.  This is a requirement.
> 
> > 4. I'll move cygwin to C: only under duress. I would have to make room
> > on my C drive, and that would be a lot of work. I hope Xfree is more
> > flexible than requiring it be installed on a specific drive.
> 
> Fine.  Do this.
> 
>         g:
>         cd \
>         mkdir usr
>         tar -xvf (x package)
>         tar -xvf (libGGI package)
> 
>         add to your path g:/usr/local/bin; g:/usr/local/lib; g:/usr/X11R6/bin
> 
>         change *.conf to the appropriate path.
> 
> John