Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/02/27/16:35:27
At 04:29 PM 2/27/2004, MEA-MikeFriedrichs you wrote:
>At 11:49 AM 2/27/2004, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>>* redirected to the list *
>>* do NOT send private email *
>>
>>* MEA-MikeFriedrichs (2004-02-27 17:29 +0100)
>>> At 04:18 AM 2/27/2004, you wrote:
>>>> * MEA-MikeFriedrichs (2004-02-27 06:38 +0100)
>>>>> I just installed Cygwin from the net, and having problems with
>>>>> 'less'. Its always looking for '/bin/cygpcre-0.dll' but not found
>>>>> in the path.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've searched all partitions with no success.
>>>>>
>>>>> find / -name "*less*"
>>>>
>>>> Errm, did it say "less: not found"? Wouldn't make "find / -name
>>>> "cygpcre*" make more sense?
>>>>
>>>>> Where can I get the required 'dll' ?
>>>
>>> I have executed 'find / -name "*less*"', which indicates 'less' is
>>> available.
>>
>>Which you already knew because "less" gave you this error message and
>>if "less" wouldn't be available it couldn't tell you anything.
>>
>>By the way "locate" is your tool of choice.
>>
>>> I have then executed 'find / -name "cygpcre*", and NO
>>> 'cygpcre-0.dll' is found. This is the file that is missing.
>>>
>>> Where can 'cygpcre-0.dll' be located?
>>
>>Do you suffer from an inability to read postings that are answers to
>>your posting until the very end? If so, I repeat my answer:
>>
>>,---
>>| > Where can I get the required 'dll' ?
>>|
>>| * Setup Package Search
>>| http://cygwin.com/packages/
>>|
>>| The name of the dll might lead you the right way.
>>`---
>
>Thorsten Kampe,
>
>You are one smart 'ass', or is this your personalty hidden behind a keyboard. If this is the only way you have to communicate assistance, you should stick to your day job!!
>
>I searched for 'cygpcre-0.dll' at http://cygwin.com/packages and all I found is where it should reside in the tree structure. I didn't see any means to download this file.
>
If the page at <http://cygwin.com/packages> had told you, at the top, to
use setup.exe to install any package found here, would you know what to
do then? I'm serious. I'm not being sarcastic (I can be but I'm not
now ;-) ).
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