Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/02/27/23:31:11
At 04:55 PM 02/27/2004, Brian Dessent wrote:
>MEA-MikeFriedrichs wrote:
>
> > This is my error that Win2k reports when I try to use 'less'.
> >
> > Event Type: Information
> > Event Source: Application Popup
> > Event Category: None
> > Event ID: 26
> > Date: 2/26/2004
> > Time: 11:16:30 AM
> > User: N/A
> > Computer: MEA2
> > Description:
> > Application popup: less.exe - Unable To Locate DLL : The dynamic link
> > library cygpcre-0.dll could not be found in the specified path
> >
> f:\cygwin\bin;.;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT\system;C:\WINNT;f:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;f:\cygwin\bin;f:\cygwin\bin;f:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;c:\WINNT\system32;c:\WINNT;c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;c:\Program
> > Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;f:\win2k\bin\matlab\bin\win32.
>
>
>I don't see why this thread has ballooned into such an ordeal. Run
>setup.exe. Install the "libpcre0" package, which is a library on which
>'less' depends. That's all that is required, and that's what the output
>of the "Package search" page is telling you. The other posters were
>trying to point you in a direction so that you could figure that out for
>yourself so you wouldn't have to ask next time. "Teach a man to fish"
>and all that.
>
>As far as setup.exe is concerned, it should have installed this package
>for you. The setup.hint for the 'less' package includes the line:
>
>requires: cygwin termcap libpcre0
>
>Which means that if you select 'less' then setup.exe should also select
>'libpcre0' and 'termcap', unless you override it. Can someone verify
>that this works, please?
>
>Brian
I cleaned out my cygwin directory and did a clean install. Still no
'cygpcre-0.dll'.
I was able to get 'less' working by copying '/bin/cygpcre.dll' to
'/bin/cygpcre-0.dll'.
Thanks for everyone's help.
MikeF
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