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Posted 27 June 2010 - 09:08 PM

I've looked and messed around with Cygwin for awhile now, but have yet to get it to correctly install an application. The most I could accomplish is a startup script! As for doing installs, I've learned to do the "CC=gcc" and "CXX=g++" (don't remember if this one is correct); but I still can't get Firefox or Gnash to install! I'd love to get Cygwin to work as the Linux alternatives are really awesome to have on a Windows machine.

P.S. Firefox ran from a portable Cygwin has Profile Manager while Portable Firefox (Windows) does not! Just another plus mark for Linux!

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 10:52 AM

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I've looked and messed around with Cygwin for awhile now, but have yet to get it to correctly install an application. The most I could accomplish is a startup script! As for doing installs, I've learned to do the "CC=gcc" and "CXX=g++" (don't remember if this one is correct); but I still can't get Firefox or Gnash to install! I'd love to get Cygwin to work as the Linux alternatives are really awesome to have on a Windows machine.

P.S. Firefox ran from a portable Cygwin has Profile Manager while Portable Firefox (Windows) does not! Just another plus mark for Linux!


Did you follow this when attempting the cygwin firefox installation?

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 11:28 AM

I did see that site before, but I'll revisit it again. It's nice to re-read sometimes incase you missed something (Didn't know that version of make didn't work). Thanks.
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 07:24 PM

You by chance know why other applications might not work? Mozilla posted how to do it for their software, but as for others...?
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 09:43 PM

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The MOZ_TOOLS environment variable should be set to point to this moztools folder. (You may rename the folder, as long as you update $MOZ_TOOLS accordingly.)

Can you explain to me how to do this? Thanks.
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Posted 29 June 2010 - 01:07 PM

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You by chance know why other applications might not work? Mozilla posted how to do it for their software, but as for others...?


Do you have another specific example of an app that didn't compile correctly? Also, can you list the exact steps you followed...

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set MOZ_TOOLS=<path to moztools folder>

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Posted 01 July 2010 - 11:40 PM

I pretty much used setup.exe and installed the items from the list and downloaded moztools.zip. I have to do the set command in "/etc/profile"?

Whenever I do "./configure" I always get a problem with "gcc (cl )". I didn't install anything that the site didn't say (g++ and gcc), but do I need'em and do CC=gcc and CXX=g++?

P.S. Just assume I don't know shit (you'd be right, but whatever) and let's walk through it. I need a good tutorial on how to setup for usage, not just "use setup.exe". I've seen Ubuntu Portable Remix and would like to make something similar, but it can't install anything from CLI; so I thought if I could get that to work I tell the guy who made that how to make his cygwin better!

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