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Re: gEDA-user: Cygwin still supported?
I forgot to mention that you have to install an x-server (of course,
otherwise how would it display anything?); I have libX11 and some
other subpackages.
What .bin name are you talking about? The attachment is called setup.bin
Alberto
2010/3/25 David MacQuigg <macquigg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Alberto wrote:
>
>> I currently use gEDA with Cygwin, it works perfectly. I even created a
>> package and submitted it to Cygwin-apps to be included in the main list but
>> so far it hasn't been accepted. You can dowload it manually at:
>> http://geda.seul.org/devel/cygwin/1.6.x/1.6.1/
>
> Got it. Downloaded geda-gaf-1.6.1-1.tar.bz2 and setup.hint to
> ../cygwin/geda/geda-gaf/
> Also put the setup.ini file at ../cygwin/geda/ Note: this file has a long
> cryptic name ending in .bin, which I tried to rename as setup.ini. This
> failed, so I left the filename as is.
>
>> Create a directory of choice, copy the attached setup.ini in that, and put
>> geda-gaf-1.6.1-1.tar.bz2 and setup.hint in a subdirectory named geda-gaf.
>> Now execute cygwin setup and choose to install packets from the local
>> directory where you put setup.ini. You should find gEDA as the only item in
>> the list of packages and install it.
>
> The install finished without errors, and I see the geda hierarchy at
> /home/User/geda as expected. However, we still seem to have missing Cygwin
> packages! Looks like maybe gtk** is missing.
>
> $ gschem
> <gschem:1036>: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> $ startx
> bash: startx: command not found
>
> There was no indication of missing dependencies from setup.exe.
>
> I'll try VirtualBox this weekend.
>
> -- Dave
>
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