Nikhil Nair
2014-08-05 08:36:09 UTC
Hi,
I'm quite new to Cygwin, and want a couple of packages that are in Cygwin
Ports (libfluidsynth-devel/libfluidsynth1), so I'm trying to get Cygwin
Ports working on my machine. I'm running Windows 8 64-bit, so I'm using
x86_64.
First issue: I'm not sure what the -K flag to setup-x86_64.exe does (a la
the instructions on the Cygwin Ports front page), but it seems to have the
result that setup doesn't launch at all. I tried:
1. cygstart -- path-to-setup.exe -K (from within Cygwin); nothing
happened. When I remove the -K flag, I get the user account control dialog
box as usual, and when I click on yes (yes, I do want to allow the program
to make changes to my computer), setup launches fine.
2. I tried creating a shortcut to setup-x86_64.exe, adding the -K flag to
the target, and use that to launch it. Same result: nothing, and removing
the -K flag makes it operate as usual.
So that's issue 1. I tried proceeding without -K, but everything ground to
a halt when setup.ini from ftp.cygwinports.org was rejected; setup
complained of a corrupted mirror. I'm not sure if that's something the -K
flag was supposed to bypass...
I'm pretty sure, at this point, that it all wasn't working properly. I
tried typing fluidsynth into the search box and clicking on View, but
nothing came up.
I've verified I'm using the latest setup-x86_64.exe; I'm not sure how to
check any other relevant version numbers you may need.
Help much appreciated!
Thanks, and best wishes,
Nikhil.
I'm quite new to Cygwin, and want a couple of packages that are in Cygwin
Ports (libfluidsynth-devel/libfluidsynth1), so I'm trying to get Cygwin
Ports working on my machine. I'm running Windows 8 64-bit, so I'm using
x86_64.
First issue: I'm not sure what the -K flag to setup-x86_64.exe does (a la
the instructions on the Cygwin Ports front page), but it seems to have the
result that setup doesn't launch at all. I tried:
1. cygstart -- path-to-setup.exe -K (from within Cygwin); nothing
happened. When I remove the -K flag, I get the user account control dialog
box as usual, and when I click on yes (yes, I do want to allow the program
to make changes to my computer), setup launches fine.
2. I tried creating a shortcut to setup-x86_64.exe, adding the -K flag to
the target, and use that to launch it. Same result: nothing, and removing
the -K flag makes it operate as usual.
So that's issue 1. I tried proceeding without -K, but everything ground to
a halt when setup.ini from ftp.cygwinports.org was rejected; setup
complained of a corrupted mirror. I'm not sure if that's something the -K
flag was supposed to bypass...
I'm pretty sure, at this point, that it all wasn't working properly. I
tried typing fluidsynth into the search box and clicking on View, but
nothing came up.
I've verified I'm using the latest setup-x86_64.exe; I'm not sure how to
check any other relevant version numbers you may need.
Help much appreciated!
Thanks, and best wishes,
Nikhil.