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Re: Cygwin and mipsel?
- To: "The Rookie" <ther00kie at hotmail dot com>,cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: Cygwin and mipsel?
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:07:26 -0400
At 11:32 AM 7/23/2001, The Rookie wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am kind of a rookie in Linux at all (and in cygwin particullary).
>I installed Cygwin under NT 4.0 and it seems to be successful.
>I want to install and run mipsel tools (got them from SGI ftp) under cygwin.
>When I trying to install them (as I did in RH 6.2) using rpm, I getting the next error:
>ld-linux.so.2 is needed by binutils-mipsel-linux-2.8.1-1
>libc.so.6 is needed by binutils-mipsel-linux-2.8.1-1
>
>I downloaded libc rpms for RH 6.2 (and 7.0 and 5.x, also) but it doesn't want to install them
>It is seems that these libraries require only the Red Hat environment and not cygwin.
>
>Questions:
>1. Is there any how-to guide for mipsel on cygwin installation?
Not that I'm aware of.
>2. How could I install mipsel tools on cygwin?
Find a pre-compiled binary for Cygwin or build one yourself from the
source.
>3. Where could I find cygwin-related forum for novices like me?
www.cygwin.com and this email list is the closest you'll find I guess.
Check out the documentation at the web site to get yourself acquainted
with Cygwin, what it does, and what it doesn't.
Enjoy! :-)
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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