Missing Programs

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Harold Fuchs wrote:
>> Gary Johnson wrote:
>>> On 2006-12-21, Harold Fuchs wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm running Win XP Pro/SP2
>>>>
>>>> I just downloaded and installed cygwin. I didn't choose any
>>>> special options; I didn't ask to have anything special excluded; I
>>>> didn't ask to have anything special included.
>>>>
>>>> I found and installed the pdksh package because I know the
>>>> Kornshell and I don't know the Bourne shell. I have modified the
>>>> .bat file and my /etc/passwd file to reference ksh instead of
>>>> bash. It all seems to work but ...
>>>>
>>>> I now find that things like more, pg, terminfo, vi and I don't
>>>> know what else are all missing. I have used Windows's Search
>>>> function to try finding "more.*", "pg.*" and so on but they are
>>>> not there.
>>>>
>>>> What have I done wrong, please? Where can I find these things? I
>>>> have searched the FAQs but ...
>>> You just haven't installed them yet.
>>>
>>>    http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.what-packages
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Gary
>> Thanks. Never occurred to me that stuff as fundamental as more, pg etc.
>> would be hived off as a separate package.
> 
> Feel free to install everything if you don't want to be caught without
> something that you feel is fundamental.  It's easier and quicker than
> perusing the list of available packages.  And then if you're still
> missing something that you think is fundamental, you'll know you need
> to build it yourself to get it. ;-)
> 
> FWIW, 'less' is a much 'more' than 'more' and is actively maintained.
                          ^
                          |
                        better
> 'more', of course, is available for diehard fans. ;-)
> 


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