Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/03/26/07:09:35
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 11:46:23AM -0500, Daniel Bron wrote:
> Hello,
>
> of the procedures. Anyway, I'm currently trying to install the cygwin
> version of BC which I downloaded. I gunzipped and detarred it, but when I
> tried to use it I got this error message (in a windows dialog box entitled
> "error starting program"):
>
> A required .DLL file, C:\CYGWIN\USR\LOCAL\BIN\BC.EXE, was not found.
>
> Along with a error in the shell reading:
>
> BASH: /usr/local/bin/bc: Permission denied
>
> There is a file named BC in that directory, but not BC.exe. Because of the
> "permission denied" message I tried chmod 777 BC, but the permissions
> didn't change (I looked this up in the FAQ, and I now know permissions
> can't be changed on Win 9x). Because of the "BC.EXE not found" error, I
> also I tried renaming bc to bc.exe, but that didn't help. What am I doing
> wrong? How can I get bc to work?
From what URL did you download bc? Sounds as if you're trying to use
my bc from ftp.franken.de.
I have just installed it again after a long time of abstinence and it
did work OOTB. How did you set your $PATH variable? Does it contain
/usr/local/bin?
Corinna
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