gEDA-dev: Cygwin installation packages

Dan McMahill dan at mcmahill.net
Fri Jun 30 20:22:37 EDT 2006


DJ Delorie wrote:
>>If you're interested in a native windows installer,
> 
> 
> Well, the cygwin setup.exe *is* a native windows installer, in that
> you don't have to have Cygwin installed.
> 
> 
>>I've actually created all of the framework to generate one for pcb
>>and this is all in CVS.
> 
> 
> I assume you mean "self-installing .exe" native windows installer, not
> just an installer program that's a native windows app.
> 
> Comparitively, the cygwin installer is better when you have a lot of
> packages, and want the user to choose which to install.  The self-exe
> installer is better when you have one package to install.
> _______________________________________________

right.  I meant something meant to be a standalone .exe file which 
installs a standalone program.

-Dan


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