X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=U4k1EYFs4siYBYpzdT4znpSin2ezweA9lqwmRvffzUWxL4OdvaON1 FGTu8XnPAf1Nq4Wxp4s2RfSXcq4ON1zSLrrULqYGeD9ZXgCKLpJYVDWksWMNFpd0 Ay8NN6uSlEsXAzuqXwTGYof4GbT+9eW0fw9KlSQMYllSoQ2IY848Ro= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=u5eVa8LwkoTy2ezltCgILi3Lcao=; b=OI8TyXIcoHtm2k7pTtt2msOC6Q1m /A5ej3VDiL8NLNNDEn5saEibHIcd78LPumcs8TydIuO9hRigorqqnNqiTF35m5OY 4o2LsYiOLZ669orsJWBNQIaNVVyEy2u5e/Yl68zs/ZZpGRw9XE0lLsiVCqjWByVM dqAbuXKUprYz5tM= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_60,EXECUTABLE_URI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX182e2JAMJPRbGcveB4iVFAB Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:28:32 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 64-bit setup: not a valid win32 application Message-ID: <20130722192832.GB449@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <51EED53B DOT 3050909 AT cs DOT utoronto DOT ca> 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) On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:19:18PM -0700, Darik Horn wrote: >On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Ryan Johnson > wrote: >> >> I tried to install 64-bit cygwin today, but I keep encountering the error >> message "setup-x86_64.exe is not a valid Win32 application." > >I had the same problem today on Windows 8. The solution was to >download the 64-bit setup program from a mirror instead of the >cygwin.com site. Try here: > >* http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/cygwin/64bit/setup64.exe DO NOT USE THIS SETUP. It is an old version from the 64-bit beta testing days. The setup.ini associated with it has not been updated for a while. I've removed it from sourceware so it will soon be gone from the mirrors. cgf -- 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