Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.2.20040227222341.00bd9818@mail.txucom.net> X-Sender: mea AT mail DOT txucom DOT net Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 22:29:25 -0600 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: MEA-MikeFriedrichs Subject: Re: 'less' can not find dll Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: <403FCAD4.B117E7C8@dessent.net> References: <5 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20040227154541 DOT 00bedc48 AT mail DOT txucom DOT net> <5 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20040227151926 DOT 00be8588 AT mail DOT txucom DOT net> <5 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20040226232843 DOT 00bdc660 AT mail DOT txucom DOT net> <5 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20040227151926 DOT 00be8588 AT mail DOT txucom DOT net> <5 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20040227154541 DOT 00bedc48 AT mail DOT txucom DOT net> <5 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20040227160957 DOT 00bd7558 AT mail DOT txucom DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/