When you installed Cygwin, you got an entry in your Start menu which reads Cygwin (something). Click on it. Or go to your Cygwin bin directory and run bash.
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OK, I installed cygwin. I opened a cygwin window and typed the command line. This is what I get now:
$ tail +3 d:installer.bat | tar -xf - temp.tcl temp.ppm unixmail.tar.bz tix4180 temp.tcl 3 d:installer.bat
tar: tix4180: Not found in archive
tar: temp.tcl: Not found in archive
tar: 3: Not found in archive
tar: d\:installer.bat: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Any ideas?
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First, if you did not have the entire cygwin system already installed when you tried the unixmail installer before, then you should try running the unixmail installer again now.
Second, my original post was confusing. If the unixmail installer fails, you should try the following 2 commands in a cygwin bash window:
tail +3 installer.bat | tar -xf - temp.tcl temp.ppm unixmail.tar.bz
tix4180 temp.tcl 3 installer.bat
--Chouser
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First: tried that. Nothing happened at all.
Second: OK the first line seems to do something. At least there are no errors reported. But the second line gives this result:bash:
tix4180: command not found
I probably should go to cygwin.com and fetch tix4180?
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Perhaps. You may already have a cygwin version of tix, but perhaps the version number has changed?
You may be able to poke around and find a "tix" with a different number, which should work just fine.
I don't have access to a current CygWin install; can someone else help out here?
Another option is that I have had some reports that CygWin now comes with mutt, in which case you may be able to skip unixmail entirely and just use CygWin's mutt.
--Chouser
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Couldn't find tix. Not in my cygwin directory and not on cygwin.com. But I did find mutt at cygwin.com. I already have it running, but I will have to do some reading before I can actually send and receive email.
Thanx for your help. Much appreciated.
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I have downloaded cygwin tcl/tk and it has installed itself succesfully, as far as I know.
I see no tix neither in my path nore anywhere in my cygwin directory.
The tail worked well btw.
I feel like I need an advice to install this unixmail package... (I'm using XP).
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I'm afraid installer problems are common. Unfortunately, I no longer
have access to a Windows development box, so I'm afraid I can't help
much.
One thing you could try (replace installer.bat with the actual path to the
installer you downloaded):
tail +3 installer.bat | tar -xf - temp.tcl temp.ppm unixmail.tar.bz
tix4180 temp.tcl 3 installer.bat
If that works, you can delete temp.tcl and temp.ppm, and you should be
all set to go. Good luck.
If you still have problems, post them here and I'll try to help if I can.
'tail' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
is what I get.
Did you run those commands in a cygwin window? That's what I meant, sorry.
--Chouser
What is a cygwin window? I do have cygwin1.dll in the search path.
When you installed Cygwin, you got an entry in your Start menu which reads Cygwin (something). Click on it. Or go to your Cygwin bin directory and run bash.
I just checked the cygwin.com website and saw there's more to cygwin than just the dll. So I'm downloading the cygwin installer right now.
OK, I installed cygwin. I opened a cygwin window and typed the command line. This is what I get now:
$ tail +3 d:installer.bat | tar -xf - temp.tcl temp.ppm unixmail.tar.bz tix4180 temp.tcl 3 d:installer.bat
tar: tix4180: Not found in archive
tar: temp.tcl: Not found in archive
tar: 3: Not found in archive
tar: d\:installer.bat: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Any ideas?
Two things:
First, if you did not have the entire cygwin system already installed when you tried the unixmail installer before, then you should try running the unixmail installer again now.
Second, my original post was confusing. If the unixmail installer fails, you should try the following 2 commands in a cygwin bash window:
tail +3 installer.bat | tar -xf - temp.tcl temp.ppm unixmail.tar.bz
tix4180 temp.tcl 3 installer.bat
--Chouser
First: tried that. Nothing happened at all.
Second: OK the first line seems to do something. At least there are no errors reported. But the second line gives this result:bash:
tix4180: command not found
I probably should go to cygwin.com and fetch tix4180?
Perhaps. You may already have a cygwin version of tix, but perhaps the version number has changed?
You may be able to poke around and find a "tix" with a different number, which should work just fine.
I don't have access to a current CygWin install; can someone else help out here?
Another option is that I have had some reports that CygWin now comes with mutt, in which case you may be able to skip unixmail entirely and just use CygWin's mutt.
--Chouser
Couldn't find tix. Not in my cygwin directory and not on cygwin.com. But I did find mutt at cygwin.com. I already have it running, but I will have to do some reading before I can actually send and receive email.
Thanx for your help. Much appreciated.
Tix is part of the tcl/tk package, which is under "Libs" in the Cygwin setup. It's not installed by default.
Re-run Cygwin setup and install it.
It's a later version than the batch file looks for, you'll need to either edit the batch file or symlink tix.
I have downloaded cygwin tcl/tk and it has installed itself succesfully, as far as I know.
I see no tix neither in my path nore anywhere in my cygwin directory.
The tail worked well btw.
I feel like I need an advice to install this unixmail package... (I'm using XP).