Cygwin help: Installing autoconf, automake, and gettext

I would like to know how to install autoconf, automake, and gettext on my cygwin installation. Can anyone please help me?

Reno Rex

Posted 2016-05-07T18:16:22.467

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1Have you tried re-running the cygwin installer? Pretty sure that was how it used to be done... – Mokubai – 2016-05-07T18:34:34.477

How do I run the installer again? – Reno Rex – 2016-05-07T19:55:26.050

@RenoRex See my answer. – DavidPostill – 2016-05-07T20:03:08.223

Answers

I would like to know how to install autoconf, automake, and gettext

Run the Cygwin installer and select the following packages:

autoconf2.5: Current version of the automatic configure script builder (installed binaries and support files)
automake: Wrapper scripts for automake and aclocal (installed binaries and support files)
gettext: GNU Internationalization library and core utilities (installed binaries and support files)

How do I run the installer again?

Just run the setup program you ran when you first installed Cygwin:

Install it by running setup-x86.exe (32-bit installation) or setup-x86_64.exe (64-bit installation).

Use the setup program to perform a fresh install or to update an existing installation.

Source This is the home of the Cygwin project

See Installing and Updating Cygwin Packages for more information.

DavidPostill

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I know this is an old thread but I feel the need to spread the word.

I agree with David that those need to be installed but if you need to install any package in cygwin I HIGHLY recommend using a command line package manager called "apt-cyg"! It makes installing things like this SO much easier. It allows me to get shtuff done.

You can go to the main site but I think this Stack Overflow issue is more enlightening.

stephenmm

Posted 2016-05-07T18:16:22.467

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