Cygwin problem?

[Emeriastone]

I'm having this same problem.

"Error: Please make sure you have 'automake' installed."

If anyone can help it would really be nice.
Very confusing. I have also been through downloading Cygwin for the 3rd time.

[NoQuarter]

You guys could always dual boot linux as the toolchain is linux native.

[Emeriastone]

Yeah, all I've needed the Cygwin for was to compile my scripts into an eboot file and I've been screwing with it all day to no avail. One problem after another. I'm installing linux.

[pibs]

yup had the same problem nobody helped so i just gave up, it said in the tutorial to get the newest version which i did from the site and no luck

can i have dual boot with one hard drive or is it essential to get a second hd for linux?

[Emeriastone]

No just partition your harddrive to make room for linux.

[pibs]

oh ok thanks

[yaustar]

Or use VMWare Player so you can run Linux in Windows.

[Coder_TimT]

So guys, what exactly are you all doing when you install cygwin? It sounds like your just changing the view to where it says "full"...but that doesn't actually change what you're installing, only how the list is displayed.

All you need to do is, go down that list and look for automake. There are a few different versions listed, you can select them all just to be safe. If you have a package installed it will have the version number under the "Current" column and it will have "keep" under the "New" column. You most likely have "Skip" under the "New" column, meaning the package is not installed and will be skipped. Click on the word "Skip" to install...it will change to a version number. Now, do that for all the prerequisites and then install.

Also, you can run the cygwin setup program over and over as many times as you want, installing and uninstalling different packages.

Hope that helps a little...

[Emeriastone]

Coder_TimT: This is what shows under my Cygwin Web Setup:



I've downloaded all the required files at least 3 times. I still get the same errors.

[Coder_TimT]

Well, automake is actually in the "Devel" section. The only thing actually needed from the "Web" section is wget. Likewise only a few of the packages from the devel section are truly needed. I'm assuming the tutorial mentioned in the original post has you get everything in those sections just to be sure.

Regardless, check under the Devel section for what you are looking for...or you can click the "View" button at the top of the setup window and change the view to "Full", then everything will just be in alphabetical order....handy when you don't know what section a particular package will be in...

Although in your case, Emeriastone, this may all be a moot point since you've got your linux install working. But it still might be helpful for the OP...or someone else.