Installation steps: 1) I removed the cygwin directory and all cygwin registry entries due to previous failed cygwin upgrade attempts. A description of those irrelevant problems can be found here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-02/msg00062.html
2) I downloaded and ran setup version 2.573.2.3. 3) I selected "Install from Internet", All Users/Unix, a non-default package location, and http://mirrors.kernel.org. 4) I used the default selection of just the Base packages. 5) I was notified of the following missing dependencies: Package: bzip2 Required by: man Package: crypt Required by: coreutils Package: cygutils Required by: cygwin-doc Package: groff Required by: man Package: less Required by: man Package: libesd-devel Required by: libesound-devel Package: libesd0 Required by: libesound0 Package: libfreetype-devel Required by: libfreetype2-devel Package: libfreetype6 Required by: libfreetype26 Package: libiconv2 Required by: alternatives, coreutils, grep Package: libintl3 Required by: alternatives, grep Package: libintl8 Required by: alternatives, bash, coreutils, findutils, gawk Package: libpcre0 Required by: grep Package: libX11_6 Required by: xorg-x11-bin-dlls 6) The check box was left filled in, so these dependent packages would be installed. 7) I selected the creation of an Icon on the desktop and the Start Menu. 8) Setup exited normally. --- Steps to repeat the issue: 1) Select menu item Start -> Programs -> Cygwin -> Cygwin Bash Shell 2) The Cygwin Bash Shell window opens with no text displayed. 2) A window pops up with the following text and an OK button: This application has failed to start because cygreadline6.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. 3) After clicking the OK button, Cygwin Bash Shell terminates abnormally. --- Attempts to fix this problem: 1) Tried to reinstall base system. 2) Could not find cygreadline6.dll in setup Libs category. 3) Problem as described above remains. --- My system runs MS Windows XP with Service Pack 2. How can I get Cygwin installed such that it works properly? Thanks! -- 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/
