From ac51da48181e56cb45ddd609b50a3549287bdc27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Daniel Franklin Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 08:32:09 +0000 Subject: 2004-01-11 Joshua Daniel Franklin * Makefile.in: Add new target for single-file User's Guide, use new cygwin.dsl for output. * cygwin.dsl: New file, DSSSL stylesheet for custom Cygwin output. * cygwin-api.in.sgml: Update to DocBook SGML 4.2 DTD. * cygwin-ug-net.in.sgml: Update to DocBook SGML 4.2 DTD. * cygwin-ug.in.sgml: Update to DocBook SGML 4.2 DTD. * cygwinenv.sgml: Correct some tags. Add description of default values to ntsec, export, and error_start items. * dll.sgml: Add explanation of cyg prefix for DLLs. * effectively.sgml: Use systemitem tag for names of Cygwin packages. * how-programming.texinfo: Add example to FAQ entry. * pathnames.sgml: Add discussion of /proc filesystem. * setup-net.sgml: Correct some typos and grammar. --- winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml') diff --git a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml index c9b692712..a01472898 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Internet Setup To install the Cygwin net release, go to http://cygwin.com/ and click on "Install Cygwin Now!". This will +URL="http://cygwin.com/setup.exe">"Install Cygwin Now!". This will download a GUI installer called setup.exe which can be run to download a complete cygwin installation via the internet. Follow the instructions on each screen to install Cygwin. @@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ For each selected mirror site, setup.exe downloads a small text file called setup.bz2 that contains a list of packages available from that site along with some basic information about each package which setup.exe parses and uses to create the -chooser window. For details about the format of this file, see - -http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html. +chooser window. For details about the format of this file, see +the +setup.exe homepage. The chooser is the most complex part of setup.exe. @@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ will install only the packages in the Base category and their dependencies, resulting in a minimal Cygwin installation. However, this will not include many commonly used tools such as gcc (which you will find in the Devel -category). +category). Since setup.exe automatically selects +dependencies, be careful not to unselect any required packages. In +particular, everything in the Base category is +required. You can change setup.exe's view style, which is helpful @@ -191,7 +194,8 @@ though mirrors have at least one previous version and occasionally there is a testing or beta version of a package available. To see these package, click on the Prev or Exp radio button. Be warned, however, that the next time you run setup.exe -it will try to replace old or experimental versions with the latest. +it will try to replace old or experimental versions with the current +stable version. -- cgit v1.2.3