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Re: initial cygwin installation


On Oct 28, 2015, at 12:05 AM, Warren Young <wyml@etr-usa.com> wrote:
> 
> You just asked setup.exe to install a whole bunch of software you do not actually need, so when it starts asking you questions about what you want done with this software, you are lost, because you donât even know what the software *is*, much less how to use it.
> 
> So donât do that. :)

Oh, and not that it really matters, but the message box you got is because by installing everything, you included the avahi package, and setuo.exe is telling you that unless you do not also have a third-party Apple package installed (Bonjour) it isnât going to do anything useful.

But you donât actually *want* Avahi, so its error message is confusing and annoying, because you arenât going to actually do anything about it.

This is why you donât go telling Cygwin to install *everything*.  You donât want everything.
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