X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4CA92588.3020603@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:53:28 -0400 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to evaluate cygwin state after interrupted update - and how to recover/resume? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 10/2/2010 6:03 PM, Mirko Vukovic wrote: > Hello > > I was installing a new package (aspell) and the latest updates. After > the file download, the obsolete packages were removed. Then the > installation step started. During iirc aspell's installation, I got > an error prompt from rapapp.exe (c++ error), after which the > installation procedure stalled. I canceled the installation (cancel) > button after waiting 10-15 minutes. > > How can I evaluate cygwin's state, and the state of the updates. How > do I recover/resume the update? Rerun 'setup.exe'. You'll have to re-select the packages you want to install though. Sounds like you want to uninstall BlackICE for the duration of the install though so that it doesn't get in the way. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple