Re: gEDA-user: Cygwin still supported?

["Andrew Miner" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: David MacQuigg [mailto:macquigg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:31 PM
>To: geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: gEDA-user: Cygwin still supported?
>
>The install instructions at http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:cygwin 
>include a lot of obsolete cygwin packages (atk-devel, gtk2-x11-devel, 
>... 6 others).  These packages are no longer available in the current 
>Cygwin distribution.  I assume their functions have been moved to other 
>packages, so this may need just a simple update of the install
>instructions.
>
>The alternatives I am considering are install under Mac OS X, or set up 
>a third machine with a suitable Linux distro.  I've been using Cygwin 
>for all my Unix needs, so I would like to stick with that, if possible.  
>I also use CentOS (a clone of Redhat) on a remote server.
>
>Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
 
David,
I would just install Virtual Box on your computer, and then choose a Linux
distro (like linux mint due to its easy setup and install of packages) and
then you are set to go.  I have had very good success with this, along with
my students.

Andrew Miner




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