Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin
James Johnston
JamesJ@motionview3d.com
Mon Apr 30 13:54:00 GMT 2012
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 23:03
> Subject: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin
>
> Putting the packages directly in c:\Cygwin is ill-advised because it shows
up in
> the posix directory "/". It pollutes the directory with millions of
package
> folders. But what if I create a folder c:\Cygwin\LocalPkgs and stick them
in
> there? From the 10,000 foot perspective, it certainly would be a lot more
> organized to have all cygwin stuff in one windows folder.
I put mine in C:\cygwin\packages. Never had a problem.
I have no idea why setup defaults to putting things on my desktop (if I
remember right). Just makes more unwanted clutter on my desktop. But it's
easy to change and it works fine in a Cygwin subdirectory in my experience.
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