On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, MEA-MikeFriedrichs wrote: > At 04:55 PM 02/27/2004, Brian Dessent wrote: > >MEA-MikeFriedrichs wrote: > > > > > This is my error that Win2k reports when I try to use 'less'. > > > > > > Event Type: Information > > > Event Source: Application Popup > > > Event Category: None > > > Event ID: 26 > > > Date: 2/26/2004 > > > Time: 11:16:30 AM > > > User: N/A > > > Computer: MEA2 > > > Description: > > > Application popup: less.exe - Unable To Locate DLL : The dynamic link > > > library cygpcre-0.dll could not be found in the specified path > > > f:\cygwin\bin;.;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT\system;C:\WINNT;f:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;f:\cygwin\bin;f:\cygwin\bin;f:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;c:\WINNT\system32;c:\WINNT;c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;c:\Program > > > Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;f:\win2k\bin\matlab\bin\win32. > > > > > >I don't see why this thread has ballooned into such an ordeal. Run > >setup.exe. Install the "libpcre0" package, which is a library on which > >'less' depends. That's all that is required, and that's what the output > >of the "Package search" page is telling you. The other posters were > >trying to point you in a direction so that you could figure that out for > >yourself so you wouldn't have to ask next time. "Teach a man to fish" > >and all that. > > > >As far as setup.exe is concerned, it should have installed this package > >for you. The setup.hint for the 'less' package includes the line: > > > >requires: cygwin termcap libpcre0 > > > >Which means that if you select 'less' then setup.exe should also select > >'libpcre0' and 'termcap', unless you override it. Can someone verify > >that this works, please? > > > >Brian > > I cleaned out my cygwin directory and did a clean install. Still no > 'cygpcre-0.dll'. > > I was able to get 'less' working by copying '/bin/cygpcre.dll' to > '/bin/cygpcre-0.dll'. > > Thanks for everyone's help. > > MikeF
Mike, Did you ever attach the output of "cygcheck -svr" for your system, as requested in <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>? An obvious question that (I think) hasn't been asked, and which will be answered in the cygcheck output: which mirror were you using? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
