I've been searching the interwebs for a solution to a problem I'm having with cygwin, that is the ability to install!

I thought it would be cool to install both firefox and gnash, so I've found out that I need gcc, gcc-++, and make, but the problem persists. Under firefox I get the error "checking for gcc... cl", but I've never installed (or able to install) cl.

The purpose I want this thread to serve in allowing people to see the best possible ways to setup cygwin. I have a startup script that I feel is pretty good for the fact that it's a relative path; I haven't figured out what some of the start options were in the other scripts so I just erased them!

This is the startup script I made. Simple yet effective!

Please help, as this project is really awesome and I'd like to use it learn abit about linux! Might it be that I've posted in the wrong topic area?