To fix all vim's cygwin dll problems, reinstall libncurses5 package and try again.
I am OK with vim now, after I did this as per CYGWIN/FAQ. It is pretty-straight forward. But Rob, I don't understand how selecting "Source" fixes this. See your reply below. For your quick info, here is a snapshot of this FAQ from cygwin homepage. My application cannot locate cygncurses5.dll!!! ----------------------------------------------- If you upgraded recently, and suddenly vim (or some other Cygwin application) fails with this message, it means that you did not follow these instructions properly: `http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00124.html'. To repair the damage, you must run setup.exe again, and re-install the `libncurses5' package. Note that setup won't show this option by default. In the "Select packages to install" dialogue, click on the `Full/Part' button. This lists all packages, even those that are already installed. Scroll down to locate the `libncurses5' package. Click on the "cycle" glyph until it says "Reinstall". Continue with setup. Satya Nemana -----Original Message----- From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 5:20 AM To: Mike Oliver Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: vim doesn't work ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Charles Wilson wrote: > > Mike Oliver wrote: > > > Is there a way to tell it "get > > > the latest stable version of everything of which I don't already have the > > > latest stable version"? > > > > Sure -- just run setup again. Now that *something* is installed, it > > will happily recommend that you update those packages. > > Thanks (thanks, Colin, too). I did that and it works now. > > However, to save download time, I didn't request source when updating > the packages, so now my source is out of sync. Is there a way to make > it get only the sources that are out of date, without going through > manually to see which ones those are? Run setup in download only mode, and select "source" for every package. It'll only download the missing tarballs. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
