Re: Problem installing packages

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail dot com>]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Huang Bambo <bambo.huang@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a windows' behavier.
> It will open this box while running a program named setup.exe, just ignore
> it.
Thanks Huang. Unfortunately, I still cannot install packages :/ Are
there "unofficial" instructions anywherethat work as expected?

> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> According to http://www.cygwin.com/, "Run setup.exe any time you want
>> to update or install a Cygwin package. ":
>>
>> jeffrey@descartes ~
>> $ setup.exe
>>
>> Result is a message box that states "Please go to the Control Panel to
>> install and configure system components."
>>
>> Navigate to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs. Cygwin is *not* listed.
>>
>> I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas where my ability (or
>> lack of) to follow instructions failed?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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