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From: beartiger on 1 Sep 2006 12:28
This post is simply to document the solution to a cygwin error so that
those who have the same issue can find the solution when they do a
Google Groups search. Please do not flame me for posting this here.
If you object to the presence of this post here, the best thing you can
do at this point is ignore it, and it will soon drop off your radar.

I've installed cygwin on various machines over the years and never
gotten this error until today when I tried installing cygwin on a new
machine. The error is:

"bash: can't find configuration file
/usr/local/etc/profile.global"

There is no such configuration file in cygwin, and this error is
misleading. If you receive this error it means that your HOME system
variable is not set. This procedure describes setting the HOME
variable on an XP machine.

1. Launch the Control Panel:

Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel.

2. Launch the System Properties dialog from the Control Panel.

Category view:
Click "Performance and Maintenence", then "See basic information about
your computer".

Classic view:
Double click the System icon.

3. Set the HOME variable.

On the System Properties dialog, click the Advanced tab. Then click
the Environment Variables button to launch the Environment Variables
dialog.

Under System variables, click the New button. Next to Variable name,
enter HOME. Next to Variable value, enter a path to the folder you
wish to set as your home directory. For example:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\My Documents\cygwin_home

Click OK to dismiss the Environment Variables dialog and then OK to
dismiss System Properties dialog.

4. Rerun Cygwin.



Best regards,
John

From: beartiger on 1 Sep 2006 12:32
For some reason, a carriage return crept into that error message. Here
it is:

"bash: can't find configuration file /usr/local/etc/profile.global"

bearti...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> This post is simply to document the solution to a cygwin error so that
> those who have the same issue can find the solution when they do a
> Google Groups search. Please do not flame me for posting this here.
> If you object to the presence of this post here, the best thing you can
> do at this point is ignore it, and it will soon drop off your radar.
>
> I've installed cygwin on various machines over the years and never
> gotten this error until today when I tried installing cygwin on a new
> machine. The error is:
>
> "bash: can't find configuration file
> /usr/local/etc/profile.global"
>
> There is no such configuration file in cygwin, and this error is
> misleading. If you receive this error it means that your HOME system
> variable is not set. This procedure describes setting the HOME
> variable on an XP machine.
>
> 1. Launch the Control Panel:
>
> Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel.
>
> 2. Launch the System Properties dialog from the Control Panel.
>
> Category view:
> Click "Performance and Maintenence", then "See basic information about
> your computer".
>
> Classic view:
> Double click the System icon.
>
> 3. Set the HOME variable.
>
> On the System Properties dialog, click the Advanced tab. Then click
> the Environment Variables button to launch the Environment Variables
> dialog.
>
> Under System variables, click the New button. Next to Variable name,
> enter HOME. Next to Variable value, enter a path to the folder you
> wish to set as your home directory. For example:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\My Documents\cygwin_home
>
> Click OK to dismiss the Environment Variables dialog and then OK to
> dismiss System Properties dialog.
>
> 4. Rerun Cygwin.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> John

From: anno4000 on 4 Sep 2006 06:16
<beartiger(a)gmail.com> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> This post is simply to document the solution to a cygwin error so that
> those who have the same issue can find the solution when they do a
> Google Groups search. Please do not flame me for posting this here.

What makes you immune? Your posting is blatantly off topic.

Anno
From: beartiger on 5 Sep 2006 09:48
Matt Garrish wrote:
<snip>
> You started this thread with the ... statement that no one should
> object to<snip>

Should anyone object to your posting off topic here in clpm, and, if
not, why not?


J

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