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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Ben Hutchison" <ben_hutchison AT yahoo DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <20030114130828 DOT 95998 DOT qmail AT web14304 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin Install fails to install cygwin1.dll
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:37:08 -0000
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Ben Hutchison wrote:
> I have downloaded and run the Cygwin setup.exe installer. After a
> long period of downloading files, it created a directory tree
> containing ./bin, /lib, etc sub-dirs, with files, in the normal
> fashion.
>
> However, there was no cygwin1.dll on my disk at the end - big
> problem. No error message in the setup log either.
>
> I tried removing my install and reinstalling from the local cache
> dir. Failed again. Then I tried downloading a newer version of
> setup.exe, but no progress.
>
> Im not the only one having this problem: type "cygwin1.dll missing" or
> "cygwin1.dll 'not found'" into google and you will see this fault
> happens a bit. Unfortunate;y, no replies with any useful problem
> resolution.
>
> A complete re-download takes hours on my modem. I dont want to do
> this, download megs of files I have already, just because the
> installer got a bit braindead and forgot the most important file!
>
> Given that cygwin install docs basically say: "Download setup and run
> it.", setup had better *just work*. It didnt for me, and for a number
> of others. Right now, I have no idea why.

Well, we can't fix what we don't understand. Setup does work for the vast
majority of people.

Is there a cygwin-1.3.18-1.tar.bz2 file in your cache directory?

Max.


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