Running Xfig on XP problem

["Jannette Frandsen" <frandsen at lsu dot edu>]

 Hi,
 
 I have uninstalled/reinstalled cygwin + xfig trying to overcome various
problems
 I haven't manage to resolve the problems which are:
 
 First, I am assuming the cygwin installed properly.
 I have tried to install both the versions of xfig (3.2.4 and 3.2.3d).
When I 
 try to import a Figure (I have tried with a GIF format) I get the 
 following error: can't find giftopnm and ppmtopcx.
 
  What I should do to fix this error? (there may be problems with 
  importing/exporting other formats).
 
 Also when I open Xfig I get following message prompted:
 "App-defaults old version. Go to xfig directory and type "make install"
".
 This does not work, do you know what is the problem?
 
 Also, I can only run Xfig as administrator on XP not as a user. I am 
 prompted "/usr/shar/texmf/web2c/textmf.cnf: permission denied". I am 
 puzzled about this because when I installed cygwin I clicked on "all 
 users" and "DOS".
 
 Can anyone help?

 
 Regards,
 
 -Jannette Frandsen