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Re: Cygwin support for WinXP Home ?


On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Riverupdude wrote:

> I ran the Setup process several times, not sure how this is suppose to
> install itself. First I looked at the README in the download directory
> and saw something related to McAfee not installed/ or not accessable. So
> I deacitvate my Symantec AV. Now I see (last 5 lines of the README log)
>
> 2004/02/10 13:50:41 Downloaded C:\Downloads\cygwin/ftp%3a%2f%2fmirrors.rcn.net%2fpub%2fsourceware%2fcygwin/release/zlib/zlib-1.2.1-1.tar.bz2
> 2004/02/10 13:50:45 Downloaded C:\Downloads\cygwin/ftp%3a%2f%2fmirrors.rcn.net%2fpub%2fsourceware%2fcygwin/release/zsh/zsh-4.1.1-2.tar.bz2
> 2004/02/10 13:50:46 Downloaded C:\Downloads\cygwin/ftp%3a%2f%2fmirrors.rcn.net%2fpub%2fsourceware%2fcygwin/release/_update-info-dir/_update-info-dir-00226-1.tar.bz2
> 2004/02/10 13:50:46 mbox note: Download Complete
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 2004/02/10 13:50:52 Ending cygwin install
>
> From what I have gathered, CYGWIN is a Linux Emulation application that
> allows you to use Linux like commands, specifically SSHd.
>
> I am very interested in getting a SSH server (freeware) for a Win2k box
> we have, however don't quite understand how we install/access the Cygwin
> emulator that in turn (in my understanding) would be responsible for
> running the SSH server.
>
> Please advise.
> Sincerely and TIA,
> Mark Kaylor

Does the underlined line above tell you something?  Try selecting
"Install" rather than "Download"...
	Igor
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