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Re: still no Xwin


On Tue, 25 May 2004, Allen H. Nugent wrote:

> This is a repeat posting (I forgot to reset the 'Subject' last time, so
> maybe the message was overlooked). I have been unable to use the
> application that depends on Xwin (and which I need to complete my thesis)
> for 2 weeks, now, so I am going to have to be a pest until it I can get
> Xwin to run.
>
> The last advice I received was:
>
> >Please start a bash shell and check if /usr/X11R6/bin is in the $PATH
> >variable. Also check if /usr/X11R6/bin/cygX11-6.dll is existing
>
> The BASH command "echo $PATH" gives:
>
> "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/COMMAND:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/GRAPHICS/IMAGEMAGICK-5.5.7-Q8"
>
> However, the file "cygX11-6.dll" is not present.
> Thanks!
> Allen H. Nugent

Allen,

/usr/X11R6/bin/cygX11-6.dll is installed as part of the
xorg-x11-bin-dlls-6.7.0.0-4 package.  Please make sure you have that
installed.  In the future, if you need to check which file contains a
particular file, see the Cygwin package search page at
<http://cygwin.com/packages/>.
	Igor
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