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Re: message nothing to install/update
- To: "Jones, Kerreck" <Kerreck dot Jones at GD-ES dot COM>, "'cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: message nothing to install/update
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:10:04 -0700 (PDT)
--- "Jones, Kerreck" <Kerreck.Jones@GD-ES.COM> wrote:
> I downloaded flex and bison and the setup.exe program. Unfortunately, I
> downloaded them into a file which had
> Other zip files. When I ran setup, it created the C:/cygwin file, but it
> had unzipped everything into it.
>
Your problem is an indication that you don't understand the term "everything".
> I then deleted everything, copied the bison, flex and setup into their own
> directory and again ran setup.
The fix is to "delete everything", I.E. C:\cygwin, using the windows file
manager.
Cheers,
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Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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