Installing Cygwin?

Dave256000 · 03-05-2007, 01:45 AM

I recently reinstalled Cygwin because I was in need of the devel library. Only now, certain commands, such as 'man echo' give me error messages-

bash: man: command not found

I'm guessing that I am now missing another library? Can someone advise on how to install cygwin with all libraries?
And also, how to initially remove it coz it was difficult enough when I tried to install the devel library.
...or am I just being a moron and there's some simpler explanation? ...probably

Any advice appreciated,

Dave

jschiwal · 03-05-2007, 02:25 AM

Take the error message at its word. Either the path to the man command isn't in your PATH variable or the man command is not installed. I should be in /usr/bin/ so try "ls /usr/bin/man" to see if it's there, and "echo $PATH" and see if /usr/bin is listed.

indu.a · 03-07-2007, 01:37 AM

This is because you installed the basic default version of cygwin. To get the entire package, install Cygwin Install while installing.

Open the setup file and follow the instructions. A + symbol appears on one of the installtion windows which show the following:

cygwin default
cygwin install
cygwin reinstall

Go for the 'cygwin install', it will install all the required components for you.

brianL · 03-07-2007, 05:25 AM

'man' is usually included in the default installation.