this must be a common problem, but repeated searching is not finding an answer

[clayton]

Thanks to all. I will go back and make sure I have selected bc as well.    I clearly did not understand the selection mechanism.
  

  

  

  
  
  
  
  
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> On Mar 19, 2022 at 5:25 PM, Joel Rees  <joel.rees@gmail.com>  wrote:
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> 2022年3月20日(日) 8:19 Eliot Moss  <moss@cs.umass.edu>:
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> > On 3/19/2022 5:51 PM, Clayton Cramer wrote:
> >   >  I installed everything, but that does not seem to include bc.
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> >  So you went through and explicitly asked for each package?
> >  If you did, then that would include bc, since it is one of
> >  the packages.    I'm now confused.    How did you request
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> With a note that actually selecting every package in Cygwin repositories and installing them would be huge, and take a really long time, even on fiber with no bandwidth caps.
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