Re: Install problems on Win95

[Louis Luangkesorn]

I don't remember how I unpacked less.  Here is one thing you can try.

When you unpack less into the directory (I think your's is
C:/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32), in WinZip when you Extract, look for a
checkbox titled 'Use folder names'.  This will place all the files in
the correct directory.

This is where they end up (PATH = C:/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32)
/PATH/bin/less.exe
/PATH/bin/lessecho.exe
/PATH/bin/lesskey.exe
/PATH/man/man1/less.1
/PATH/man/man1/lesskey.1

you probably have to create the /PATH/man/man1 directory beforehand.

Word of warning, there may be a problem later, with Octave looking for
either cygwin1.dll or cygwinb19.dll.  I forgot which one is actually
there, but you need to copy the other one (i.e. if Octave looks for
cygwin1.dll, copy it from cygwinb19.dll and vice versa)  I forgot what I
actually did so we need to write a bug report for this one.

Louis

C:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin

Dorel Pica wrote:

> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need some help to install Octave. I'm using a  WINDOWS 95/98
platform.
> >
> > Up to now I downloaded and installed Cygnus gnu-win32 tools beta 19
> > release-full development kit (cdk.exe). Installation was
successfully onto
> > C:/Cygnus/B10
> > I've created directories /etc , /bin and /tmp onto C:/Cygnus/B19/..
> > including files sh.exe onto /bin from
C:/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/bin and a copy of
> > termcap file from C:/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/etc.
> > I've already added c:\Cygnus\b19\H-i386-cygwin32\bin to my $PATH...
> > I downloaded les-gnu-cygwin32.tar.gz and I copied it at
C:/Cygnus/B19/ ,
> >
> > but my problem occurs here....
> > As a result of the command: bash.exe-2.01$ tar zxf
> > /Cygnus/B19/less-gnu-win32.tar.gz  I've got this message:
> > tar (child): Cannot open archive /Cygnus/B19/less-gnu-win32.tar.gz:
No
> > such file or directory
> > tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > tar: child returned status 2
> > tar: Error exit delayed from the previous errors
> >
> > After it I was trying bash.exe-2.01$
C:/Cygnus/B19/less-gnu-win32.tar.gz
> >
> > and the message was
> > tar (grandchild):Cannot execute remote shell: No such file or
directory
> > tar (grandchild):Cannot open archive
C:/Cygnus/B19/less-gnu-win32.tar.gz
> >
> > :I/O error
> > tar (grandchild):Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
> > tar: Child returned status 1
> > tar: Error exit delayed from the previous errors
> > Would you help me to find out where I'm wrong, please?... because I
> > couldn't install less for gnuwin32.
> > I unpacked it with Winzip and I've got three exe files, but I didn't

> > know how to use it.
> > I'll appreciate any kind of help because I started an important
project
> > which involves many mathematical computations,
> > functions and so on ...
> >
> > Thank you for your time
> > Dipl. Eng.
> > Dorel Pica
> >

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K Louis Luangkesorn
address@hidden  http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~kll560  PGP:0xF3E2D362
Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine. Whoever I am,
Thou knowest, O God, I am thine.
 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Who am I?"




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