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Re: Empty /usr/local/bin in Release 1.5.5-1
- From: Brian Ford <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>
- To: Shyamal Mitra <mitra at cs dot utexas dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:29:30 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: Empty /usr/local/bin in Release 1.5.5-1
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0311131313430.20962@ahab.cs.utexas.edu>
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Shyamal Mitra wrote:
> I just installed Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on my Windows XP machine. I
> cannot find vi or gcc.
>
> There is nothing in /usr/local/bin.
>
/usr/local/bin is normally empty after an install. It is for locally (ie.
you) installed software, not software that shipped with the distro.
> Is there something that I should have done during setup that I did not
> do?
>
Yes, see:
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC13 and
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC14
> How do I change to C or T shell?
>
Edit /etc/passwd and change the shell field just like on *NIX.
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