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diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup.sgml b/winsup/doc/setup.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2e6ce2857 --- /dev/null +++ b/winsup/doc/setup.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<chapter id="setup"><title>Setting Up Cygwin</title> + +<sect1><title>Cygwin Contents</title> + +<para>The following packages are included in the native Win32 +release of GNUPro:</para> + +<para>GNUPro development tools: binutils, bison, byacc, dejagnu, +diff, expect, flex, gas, gcc, gdb, itcl, ld, libstdc++, make, patch, +tcl, tix, tk</para> + +<para>GNUPro unsupported tools: ash, bash, bzip2, diff, fileutils, +findutils, gawk, grep, gzip, m4, sed, shellutils, tar, textutils, +time</para> + +<sect1><title>Installing the binary release</title> + +<para>Load the GNUPro CD-ROM and run the installer. It will +take you through the installation process, starting with asking for +your install location. Once the installation is complete, there will +be a new Program Files folder that you can use to obtain a shell +from which you can run the tools.</para> + +<para>There are two remaining thing you should do from this +prompt. First, you need to type <command>mkdir -p /tmp</command> to +ensure that a temp directory exists for programs that expect to find +one there.</para> + +<para>Second, depending on how you intend to use the tools, various +programs may need to be able to find `/bin/sh'. You should `mkdir -p +/bin' and put a copy of `sh.exe' there, removing the older version, if +present. Note that you can use the `mount' utility to select which +drive letter is mounted as `/'.</para> + +<para>If you should ever want to uninstall the tools, you may do so +via the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel.</para> + +DOCTOOL-INSERT-setup-dir +DOCTOOL-INSERT-setup-env +DOCTOOL-INSERT-setup-reg +DOCTOOL-INSERT-setup-mount +</chapter> |