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 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:34:20 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Error when installing Message-ID: <20041209163420.GA11615@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <200412091551 DOT iB9FpHZ26243 AT alchemy DOT chem DOT utoronto DOT ca> <41B878EB DOT 2030801 AT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41B878EB.2030801@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:10:19AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >Frank Bures wrote: >>I have been using cygwin for several years now. I am now trying to >>install the latest version. I deleted my cygwin directory to avoid any >>possible conflicts. I downloaded the whole distribution to the local >>drive. >> >>When I start the installation, it checks MD5's and then presents me >>with the choice of packages. I make my choice, the installation >>continues by "checking MD5 for _update-info-dir-00230-1" and then the >>following error appears: "Runtime Error! Program: C:\tmpcyg\setup.exe >>abnormal program termination" >> >>The error message is not very helpful (true to its Window$ heritage). >>There are no messages available in Event Viewer. >> >>Running Win2k, 5.00.2195, SP4 >> >>What should I do next? > >That looks like a Visual Basic library error message. Make sure your >Visual Basic 6 libraries are installed properly and up to date. ~ I >think you can get the redistribution package for the dlls on the >Microsoft site. Er, no. setup.exe doesn't use Visual Basic and no package in the distribution uses Visual Basic. If the OP is trying to install X as part of your installation, you need to do it in two steps -- first install everything but X, then install X. There is a bug in setup.exe which some people are tripping over. It seems to require this. cgf -- 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/