At 01:35 PM 4/8/2004, you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of James Adams >> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 11:55 AM >> >> >> Thanks for the info Larry, I'll give it a try pronto. >> >> >> -James >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 12:50 PM >> To: James Adams; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: cygpcre-0.dll not found message >> >> At 12:22 PM 4/5/2004, you wrote: >> >I tried using "less" for the first time today with a fresh >> installation >> of >> >Cygwin (version 1.5.9-1) and I got an error message telling me that >> "The >> >dynamic link library cygpcre-0.dll could not be found in the >> specified >> path". >> >How can I remedy this situation ? I have searched for this >> file and it >> is >> >indeed absent. >> > >> >Thanks in advance for any feedback. >> >> >> This kind of question can always be answered by visiting >> <http://cygwin.com/packages/> and typing the name of the file you're >> missing ('cygpcre-0.dll' in this case). The result will tell you the >> name of the package you need to install via setup (libpcre0 for your >> situation). Try it. It works. ;-) >> > >I saw the same behavior today on two machines. I believe there is something >broken in setup's dependencies. I did a fresh install without selecting any >packages and let setup install just the basics. After the first run of >setup, running "less" popped up an error complaining about cygpcre-0.dll not >being found. > >I ran setup a second time, again without selecting any packages, and on the >second pass, setup installed two more packages - libbz2_1 and libpcre0. >This corrected the issue with less. > >I don't know enough about setup and how it decides which packages to >install, but I don't think this behavior is as intended. I'm attaching two >cygcheck output files (one after the first run of setup and one after the >second). > >I repeated the process on a different mirror with the same results.
Yes, this is a known problem for new installs. So far, there's no solution beyond rerunning setup AFAIK. The recipe I pointed out above is a generic solution to the question of "What package do I need to install to get XXX utility", of which this situation is a special case. So it's applicable though not optimal. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
