Re: [Mingw-users] mingw-get GUI

[Erwin W. <wat...@xs...>]

Keith Marshall schreef, Op 27-2-2013 21:52:
> On 27/02/13 15:41, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Bob Rossi wrote:
>>> Is there a way to tell what packages you have installed currently
>>> with mingw-get ?
>> I just answered this earlier today.
>>
>> grep -h installed /mingw/var/lib/mingw-get/data/sysroot*.xml | grep -v
>> /installed
> That's one way, I guess, but rather inelegant.  I suspect that most
> users will prefer the presentation accorded by the mingw-get-gui
> snapshot I offered to you all as a Christmas present, (and subsequently
> updated in January):
>
>     http://preview.tinyurl.com/d93t5hf
>
> Unzip that into your existing mingw-get root, (which is likely the same
> as your MinGW root), then run:
>
>     mingw-get install --start-menu mingw-get-gui
>
> That should upgrade the CLI, and install the GUI component, placing a
> shortcut in your start menu, to invoke it.  Click on that, and you
> should be able to browse the catalogue of all available packages, with a
> visual indication of which are already installed, and which are
> upgradable; in addition, information on each package is readily to hand,
> in the display pane below the package list.
>
> BTW, since I announced the availability of this snapshot, just before
> Christmas, the number of downloads has been very disappointing, and the
> lack of users offering any criticism, (positive or negative), even more
> so; (only one other MinGW developer has taken the trouble to offer any
> feedback whatsoever).  If I don't start to see some more evidence of
> interest within the MinGW community, I may abandon the project.
>
Hi,

A lot of people missed it. Make a new announcement and a news item.

regards,

-- 
Erwin Waterlander
http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/