[Novalug] adding apps (preferably by rpm packages)to cygwin

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Mon Oct 1 13:06:29 EDT 2012


Oh yeah...I didn't even think about that. Now there is a Standard x86 
API, but the System Calls will Trap to Windows...so this looks like a 
Bad Idea.

Still, if you can find a Cygwin RPM, you can use the --nodeps option. 
Alternatively, you can get ANY SRPM, unpack it (rpm-build -bp 
whatever.srpm, IIRC), and configure, make, and make install it yourself. 
NOTE: It will be installed somewhere under /var/tmp (IIRC).

Is there a Cygwin Mailing List you could ask on?

JIM

On 10/1/2012 10:16 AM, David L Durant wrote:
> Here's the deal: binary RPMs target a specific platform. Primarily a
> platform depends on a combination of CPU and OS. Bottom line, do you
> have a cygwin RPM (*cygwin.rpm) available from that university? If not,
> expect to build their app from its source (*src.rpm) using cygwin.
>
> The standard build strategy (for linux) leverages the following tools:
> # ./configure
> # make
> # make install
>
> Requires a proper development environment for target language compiler.
>
> Dave




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