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ashwin sinha wrote:
> Hi,
>   For the past couple of days I have been trying to install cygwin on
> my computer but to no avail. When I try to install using the third
> option(installation from local directory), the application crashes
> with an exception report. If i try to install using the first
> option(install from the internet), I get an error message saying
> unable to retrieve setup.ini file from the mirror, or a gcrypt illegal
> tag at 60 error. The list archives mention a similar problem where the
> setup file seems to have a problem.
> 
> Is there a way around this problem, or some other way I can install cygwin?

Did you try IE settings?  How do you connect to the Internet?

You could also try version 2.602 from <http://cygwin.com/setup/snapshots/>

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