Hello, I am a new Cygwin user, and about two weeks ago, I downloaded the latest Cywin into a newly installed Windows XP VirtualBox vm. Presumably this would be the 1.7.1 version advertised on the main Cygwin website, though the initial setup.exe screen showed me a version 2.686.
Everything went very nicely and I was able to install a number of applications during the setup process. After having happily used Cygwin for a few days, I wanted to install some additional applications (such as ssh), and attempted to do this via the setup.exe program. Unfortunately, I have not been successful due to a RunTime Error, stating that "This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information." During my initial attempt, I had failed to properly select my employer's proxy server settings, and had to cancel. Here are the choices I make when I run the setup.exe: For "Download Source", I chose: Install from Internet. For "Select Root Install Directory", I leave it as default and select "Install for All Users". For "Select Local Package Directory", I leave the default path (my Downloads directory). For "Setup Your Internet Connection", I chose Use Http Proxy. After authenticating with the correct username and password, the Runtime Error appears. Any help on this would be appreciated. -- 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
