X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,EXECUTABLE_URI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:29:47 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.9 installation error, cygncursesw-10.dll Message-ID: <20111013222947.GA31472@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 06:07:44PM -0400, Russ Fink wrote: >Hello, > >I am trying to install Cygwin 1.7.9 onto Windows Server 2008 and >Windows 7 machines that do not have network access. I ran the >setup.exe application from a Windows XP 32 bit virtual machine, >selected "Download only," and selected all packages. I burned these >onto a DVD along with the setup.exe program. > >When I run setup.exe on the unnetworked machines, I get the following >error message several times: > >"The program can't start because cygncursesw-10.dll is missing from >your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." > >In addition, a dialog cautions that several post-install tasks failed >to complete. > >I cannot run the Cygwin (bash) shell because it pops up the >cygncursesw-10.dll error message. > >This happens on both a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64 bit) and a >Windows 7 Enterprise machine (64 bit). > >Any suggestions? How about installing the package which contains cygncursesw-10.dll? It's so crazy that it just might work. http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=cygncursesw-10.dll -- 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