Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 04/21/2009, Wayne Watson wrote: Yes, I chose download. I had trouble with an earlier attempt a few days ago installing from the internet. So, can I proceed with what I have? Yes. Rerun 'setup.exe' and select "Install from Local Directory". This will allow you to specify the root directory

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Wayne Watson
Yes, I chose download. I had trouble with an earlier attempt a few days ago installing from the internet. So, can I proceed with what I have? Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:35:13AM -0700, Wayne Watson wrote: Bromly or not, note that I successfully downloaded via the re

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:35:13AM -0700, Wayne Watson wrote: >Bromly or not, note that I successfully downloaded via the redhat >choice give in the setup wizard. There's no need to think about >Bromly. Here's are the last few lines of the log from the redhat >download: > > ... > C:\Downloads_Pro

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Wayne Watson
Bromly or not, note that I successfully downloaded via the redhat choice give in the setup wizard. There's no need to think about Bromly. Here's are the last few lines of the log from the redhat download: ... C:\Downloads_Programs\cygwin/http%3a%2f%2fsources-redhat.mirror.redwire.net%2fcygwin%2

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:29:20AM +, Jaroslav Rynik wrote: >>We *do* support the Cygwin distribution that you get by downloading >>from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe.? > >I am not sure. When I wanted to install and run a BSD program on my >WIN XP using Cygwin, I had to download and install 2 ot

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:30:55AM -0700, Wayne Watson wrote: >That's fine. It's been a winding, tricky path to get to here. I'll >download it from the site you mentioned. There is no need to overcomplicate this. If you want to download Cygwin you go to the web site called "cygwin.com" and foll

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Dave Korn
Jaroslav Rynik wrote: >> We *do* support the Cygwin distribution that you get by >> downloading from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe. > I am not sure. When I wanted to install and run a BSD program on my WIN XP > using Cygwin, I had to download and install 2 other programs and in the end > there was

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Jaroslav Rynik
> We *do* support the Cygwin distribution that you get by > downloading > from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe.  I am not sure. When I wanted to install and run a BSD program on my WIN XP using Cygwin, I had to download and install 2 other programs and in the end there was still something missing..

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-21 Thread Wayne Watson
That's fine. It's been a winding, tricky path to get to here. I'll download it from the site you mentioned. Well, I tried something like a bromly site and it died during the download. I then picked the redhat site, and it downloaded 15M. Both bromly and redhat release folders looked similar. Ab

Re: Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-20 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 08:06:57PM -0700, Wayne Watson wrote: >I finally carved out some time to install CygWin on my Win XP machine >via the RedHat Cygwin official installation facility. I downloaded >rhsetup.exe to start. Sorry but you don't get support for Red Hat's version of Cygwin here. We

Problems Installing Cygwin on Win XP Pro

2009-04-20 Thread Wayne Watson
I finally carved out some time to install CygWin on my Win XP machine via the RedHat Cygwin official installation facility. I downloaded rhsetup.exe to start. I requested install via the internet, and it died somewhere along the line. I then tried again, requesting download instead. I now have

Re: Problems installing Cygwin on Windows XP

2009-03-14 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* cwcarls...@cox.net (Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:43:53 -0400) > Today, I tried to install it on my Windows XP system at work. I > downloaded the entire release ("Download without Installing") and > copied this to a CD. I got the release from kernel.org. I had to do > this because we don't have full Intern

Problems installing Cygwin on Windows XP

2009-03-13 Thread cwcarlsonc
I have been using Cygwin for years, and I have it installed on two Windows XP and a Windows Vista systems. Today, I tried to install it on my Windows XP system at work. I downloaded the entire release ("Download without Installing") and copied this to a CD. I got the release from kernel.org. I h

Re: Problems installing Cygwin 1.5.25-15 onto base Windows Server2008 w/Terminal Services installed

2008-10-15 Thread René Berber
Brett Carey wrote: > Background: Attempting to use a Windows Server 2008 64-bit Terminal > server as a "Jump-Box" from one network (corporate very locked down [snip] > Attempting to install Cygwin 1.5.25-15 (fresh download from > ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu, base install) on the 'Jump-Box' from RDP > (Re

Problems installing Cygwin 1.5.25-15 onto base Windows Server2008 w/Terminal Services installed

2008-10-15 Thread Brett Carey
Background: Attempting to use a Windows Server 2008 64-bit Terminal server as a "Jump-Box" from one network (corporate very locked down and restricted software) to another (lab servers and QA and development). I figure if I put the necessary software on the 'Jump-Box' and grant users the ability

Re: Problems installing Cygwin

2008-07-10 Thread Eric Berge
The postinstall scripts might not have run correctly, to really see what happened with them take a look at /var/log/setup.log Eric - Original Message From: Bryan A. Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:47:32 AM Subject: Problems inst

Re: Problems installing Cygwin

2008-07-10 Thread Sam Hanes
I (Sam Hanes) wrote: > > I need some more information to help: > > First, the output of `/bin/mount`, which is a list of all the > mountpoints on your system. The most common reason that the shell > can't find commands in the PATH is that the mount table has gotten > messed up. > > Second, the outp

Re: Problems installing Cygwin

2008-07-10 Thread Sam Hanes
Bryan A. Zimmer wrote: > > Most recently the post-install scripts seem to have run fine, and the > installation was complete, I attempted to start Cygwin. I even took the > precaution of creating the password and group files with the mkpasswd > and mkgroup programs, with the commands: > > $ mkpassw

Re: Problems installing Cygwin

2008-07-10 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Bryan A. Zimmer wrote: Hello. I have used Cygwin since the year 2000, possibly 1999. Throughout the years I have had no problem installing and using my Cygwin installation; first on Win98, WinNt, Windows 2000, and Windows = XP. This year however I have not been able to achieve a good installat

Re: Problems installing Cygwin

2008-07-10 Thread Warren Young
Bryan A. Zimmer wrote: there is not even a default path Perhaps your /etc/profile is damaged. If you open it in a text editor and it looks okay to you, diff it against /etc/defaults/etc/profile, that being the version that's installed when the Cygwin package that owns this file (dunno what

Problems installing Cygwin

2008-07-10 Thread Bryan A. Zimmer
Hello. I have used Cygwin since the year 2000, possibly 1999. Throughout the years I have had no problem installing and using my Cygwin installation; first on Win98, WinNt, Windows 2000, and Windows = XP. This year however I have not been able to achieve a good installation of = Cygwin. even th

Re: problems installing cygwin on vista (fwd)

2007-10-27 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Ruprecht Machleidt wrote: Hi, I like to apologize for sending out the message below repeatedly. But earlier submissions of this message were rejected because of 'invalid mime type'. However, as it appears, they were not rejected, afterall (even though, I didn't get a copy). You can always ch

Re: problems installing cygwin on vista (fwd)

2007-10-27 Thread Ruprecht Machleidt
ith the fix, please, somebody let me know. Thank you, Rup Ruprecht Machleidt wrote on 10/27/2007: --- In the past, I have installed cygwin on several Windows XP systems with no problems. However, I am encountering severe problems installing cygwin on vista. The

Re: problems installing cygwin on vista

2007-10-27 Thread Stephen Barclay
Ruprecht Machleidt wrote: In the past, I have installed cygwin on several Windows XP systems with no problems. However, I am encountering severe problems installing cygwin on vista. The installation process stalls quietly during the postinstall phase at /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh The only

problems installing cygwin on vista

2007-10-27 Thread Ruprecht Machleidt
In the past, I have installed cygwin on several Windows XP systems with no problems. However, I am encountering severe problems installing cygwin on vista. The installation process stalls quietly during the postinstall phase at /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh The only way to end the process is to

problems installing cygwin on vista

2007-10-26 Thread Ruprecht Machleidt
In the past, I have installed cygwin on several Windows XP systems with no problems. However, I am encountering severe problems installing cygwin on vista. The installation process stalls quietly during the postinstall phase. The only way to end the process is to 'cancel'. No home d

problems installing cygwin on vista

2007-10-26 Thread Ruprecht Machleidt
In the past, I have installed cygwin on several Windows XP systems with no problems. However, I am encountering severe problems installing cygwin on vista. The installation process stalls quietly during the postinstall phase. The only way to end the process is to 'cancel'. No home d

Re: Please Help - Problems installing cygwin...

2003-12-03 Thread Mike Curtis
Hello Brian. After a fresh Cygwin install, I encountered the same error: bash: /etc/profile: Permission denied So I just right clicked the file, selected properties, selected the security tab, and gave myself read and write permission. Now Cgwin bash runs correctly without error. *Mike -- Unsu

re: problems installing cygwin

2003-10-01 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Yu, Please send all Cygwin-related questions and comments to the Cygwin list, and not by personal e-mail unless specifically requested. This will utilize the cumulative expertise of the list, rather than that of any one person. It also ensures that the question and the answers end up in the list

Re: Please Help - Problems installing cygwin...

2003-10-01 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Brian, All suggestions for improvement, as well as Cygwin-related comments and questions, should go to the Cygwin list. Please avoid sending personal e-mail unless specifically requested. FWIW, the (volunteer) FAQ and User's Guide maintainers read this list. It would help them immensely if you

Re: Please Help - Problems installing cygwin...

2003-10-01 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Brian, The main issue is what should be done *before* setup runs, rather than after everything is installed. If you manually create c:\cygwin and give it the correct permissions (*not* inherited, owned by Administrators, full permissions to owner, read/execute by everyone else), you should be abl

Re: Please Help - Problems installing cygwin...

2003-10-01 Thread hayward
Just an update. I tried it again, downloading packages again this time. So far, the latest version of cygwin has only worked on one Win2K system for me, it has failed on three others. On the other three, I am logging into a system that is part of a domain. I ruled out "PATH" being a problem

Please Help - Problems installing cygwin...

2003-10-01 Thread hayward
I just installed cygwin and none of the post-install scripts work after install. I've tried having the cygwin\bin directory at both the front and the end of the path. After installing cygwin, I found the following details: 1) First time running the shell, threw me to "/usr/bin" when I did a pw

Re: Problems installing cygwin-XFree86 on a Dell WIN2K box

2002-04-11 Thread Elizabeth Barham
"Dr. Lawrence Ward Spradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I also looked through the Xinstall.sh script to try to assess why it > was stopping. It appears to need a program called extract, which I > think is part of the XFree86 download. Yes it is. It worked for me by having extract in the same

Re: Problems installing cygwin-xfree86 on a Dell WIN2K box

2002-04-11 Thread Christopher Faylor
Redirecting to the proper mailing list. cgf On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:17:28AM -0500, Dr. Lawrence Ward Spradley wrote: >Sirs: > > This is a (hopefully more illuminating) follow-up to a post from yesterday. >I am midstroke in installing cygwin-XFree86 on a Dell Win2000 box. As of >yester

Problems installing cygwin-XFree86 on a Dell WIN2K box

2002-04-11 Thread Dr. Lawrence Ward Spradley
Sirs: This is a (hopefully more illuminating) follow-up to a post from yesterday. I am midstroke in installing cygwin-XFree86 on a Dell Win2000 box. As of yesterday, I had followed the directions on the webpage detailing the installation process verbatim. This meant that I had a limite

Problems installing cygwin/XFree on a Dell WIN2K box

2002-04-10 Thread Dr. Lawrence Ward Spradley
Sirs: I just downloaded cygwin & cygwin/XFree following the (very good) instructions on your website (4 step, download setup.exe, use it to download cygwin & install cygwin, download cygwin/XFree, use install shell script to install XFree). I am stuck on the last step. The Xinstall.sh

Problems installing cygwin/XFree on a Dell WIN2K box

2002-04-10 Thread Dr. Lawrence Ward Spradley
Sirs: I just downloaded cygwin & cygwin/XFree following the (very good) instructions on your website (4 step, download setup.exe, use it to download cygwin & install cygwin, download cygwin/XFree, use install shell script to install XFree). I am stuck on the last step. The Xinstall.sh

Problems installing cygwin/XFree on a Dell WIN2K box

2002-04-10 Thread Dr. Lawrence Ward Spradley
Sirs: I just downloaded cygwin & cygwin/XFree following the (very good) instructions on your website (4 step, download setup.exe, use it to download cygwin & install cygwin, download cygwin/XFree, use install shell script to install XFree). I am stuck on the last step. The Xinstall.sh

Problems installing CYGWIN

2002-04-07 Thread Ronald Vyhmeister
Because I wanted to install cygwin on several machines, I chose to download everything to the machine and then install from there. When I went to install, I don't know what it has done, but it gave me several errors that files do not exist. Bash did not get properly uncompressed, and I can't use