Ben Hutchison wrote: > I have downloaded and run the Cygwin setup.exe installer. After a > long period of downloading files, it created a directory tree > containing ./bin, /lib, etc sub-dirs, with files, in the normal > fashion. > > However, there was no cygwin1.dll on my disk at the end - big > problem. No error message in the setup log either. > > I tried removing my install and reinstalling from the local cache > dir. Failed again. Then I tried downloading a newer version of > setup.exe, but no progress. > > Im not the only one having this problem: type "cygwin1.dll missing" or > "cygwin1.dll 'not found'" into google and you will see this fault > happens a bit. Unfortunate;y, no replies with any useful problem > resolution. > > A complete re-download takes hours on my modem. I dont want to do > this, download megs of files I have already, just because the > installer got a bit braindead and forgot the most important file! > > Given that cygwin install docs basically say: "Download setup and run > it.", setup had better *just work*. It didnt for me, and for a number > of others. Right now, I have no idea why.
Well, we can't fix what we don't understand. Setup does work for the vast majority of people. Is there a cygwin-1.3.18-1.tar.bz2 file in your cache directory? Max. -- 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/
