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Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 14:08:25 -0400
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From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: cygpcre-0.dll not found message
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At 01:35 PM 4/8/2004, you wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of James Adams
>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 11:55 AM
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for the info Larry, I'll give it a try pronto.
>> 
>> 
>> -James
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Hall [mailto:cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com] 
>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 12:50 PM
>> To: James Adams; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>> Subject: Re: cygpcre-0.dll not found message
>> 
>> At 12:22 PM 4/5/2004, you wrote:
>> >I tried using "less" for the first time today with a fresh 
>> installation
>> of 
>> >Cygwin (version 1.5.9-1) and I got an error message telling me that
>> "The 
>> >dynamic link library cygpcre-0.dll could not be found in the 
>> specified
>> path".  
>> >How can I remedy this situation ?  I have searched for this 
>> file and it
>> is 
>> >indeed absent.
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>> 
>> 
>> This kind of question can always be answered by visiting 
>> <http://cygwin.com/packages/> and typing the name of the file you're
>> missing ('cygpcre-0.dll' in this case).  The result will tell you the 
>> name of the package you need to install via setup (libpcre0 for your
>> situation).  Try it.  It works. ;-) 
>> 
>
>I saw the same behavior today on two machines.  I believe there is something
>broken in setup's dependencies.  I did a fresh install without selecting any
>packages and let setup install just the basics.  After the first run of
>setup, running "less" popped up an error complaining about cygpcre-0.dll not
>being found.
>
>I ran setup a second time, again without selecting any packages, and on the
>second pass, setup installed two more packages - libbz2_1 and libpcre0.
>This corrected the issue with less.
>
>I don't know enough about setup and how it decides which packages to
>install, but I don't think this behavior is as intended.  I'm attaching two
>cygcheck output files (one after the first run of setup and one after the
>second).
>
>I repeated the process on a different mirror with the same results.


Yes, this is a known problem for new installs.  So far, there's no 
solution beyond rerunning setup AFAIK.  The recipe I pointed out above
is a generic solution to the question of "What package do I need to install
to get XXX utility", of which this situation is a special case.  So it's 
applicable though not optimal.



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