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Re: Setup.exe
- To: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>,<cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Setup.exe
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 12:00:22 +1100
- References: <GFECKJEBGCHOBLMKJBGMOEFJCCAA.ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
Suhaib,
Are there binaries to match your august source release?
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:38 AM
Subject: RE: Setup.exe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bradley
McCrorey
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:46 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Setup.exe
>
>
> >So, am I wasting my time with the setup.exe that's supposed to download
and
> install everything? It
> >keeps saying it can't find *.tmp files when trying to download.
>
> Yes, you are definitely wasting your time, if you are trying to install
> Xfree86
> using setup.exe. Just like setup.exe for Adobe Photoshop will install
> Microsoft
> PhotoDraw, setup.exe for Cygwin 1.1.x will not do a magick to download
> XFree86
> bzip2 compressed file and install it.
>
> DOWLOAD from FTP server and install /usr/X11R6
>
> >Should I quit trying with it, or is there some magical (read:
undocumented)
> >thing I have to do to it to make it work?
>
> Yes you better quit before it bite you. The magic is never documented,
that
> is why it is called magic ;)
>
> Cheers
> Suhaib
>
> >Cheers,
>
> >Brad McCrorey
>
>