>What are your options for running the Cygwin Setup program and your answers >input to dialogue box entries?
> Check /var/log/setup.log.full for ddrescue install or errors and if that > shows nothing check /var/log/setup.log, which is a summary of all Cygwin > Setup program runs ever completed under that Cygwin instance. >Did you run the Cygwin Setup program to install ddrescue using the same Cygwin >instance root directory as your usual working instance, is that Cygwin >instance root directory C:/Cygwin, and are you running interactively under >that same Cygwin instance? >How are you starting bash, is it Cygwin bash, and which terminal are you >running under? > [you ask for the output from some commands) For cygwin setup I have install for "all users" root directory c:\cygwin package directory c:\cygwin\pk <-- perhaps not a default but never been an issue before or for any other packages. Other packages install e.g. xxd installs C:\cygwin\bin>dir ddrescue.exe Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 4645-5DCE Directory of C:\cygwin\bin 03/04/2020 16:17 118,291 ddrescue.exe 1 File(s) 118,291 bytes 0 Dir(s) 27,520,688,128 bytes free C:\cygwin\bin>dir xxd.exe Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 4645-5DCE Directory of C:\cygwin\bin 31/03/2020 02:01 18,451 xxd.exe 1 File(s) 18,451 bytes 0 Dir(s) 27,520,688,128 bytes free C:\cygwin\bin> user@hp-probook1 ~ $ ddrescue -bash: ddrescue: command not found user@hp-probook1 ~ $ xxd user@hp-probook1 ~ $ which xxd /usr/bin/xxd user@hp-probook1 ~ $ I am starting Cygwin from the icon, C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico - user@hp-probook1 ~ $ ps PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND 1307 1298 1307 7228 pty0 197608 08:34:10 /usr/bin/ps 1297 1 1297 14072 ? 197608 08:34:08 /usr/bin/mintty 1298 1297 1298 11424 pty0 197608 08:34:08 /usr/bin/bash user@hp-probook1 ~ $ https://pastebin.com/raw/TGWPwR50 (setup.log) No signs of ddrescue https://pastebin.com/raw/YJRcHHa3 (setup.log.full) No signs of ddrescue user@hp-probook1 ~ $ regtool -v list /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin\/Installations/ Unknown key prefix. Valid prefixes are: root HKCR HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT config HKCC HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG user HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER machine HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE users HKU HKEY_USERS user@hp-probook1 ~ $ regtool -v list /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin\/setup/ Unknown key prefix. Valid prefixes are: root HKCR HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT config HKCC HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG user HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER machine HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE users HKU HKEY_USERS user@hp-probook1 ~ $ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/ddrescue user@hp-probook1 ~ $ cygcheck -f /bin/ddrescue user@hp-probook1 ~ $ user@hp-probook1 ~ $ cygcheck -c ddrescue Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status user@hp-probook1 ~ $ cygcheck ddrescue cygcheck: could not find 'ddrescue' user@hp-probook1 ~ $ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
