] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
To reset all Cygwin Setup program settings rm /etc/setup/setup.rc or delete the
file from the equivalent path relative to your Cygwin root directory under
Windows.
Please get your own IT team to diagnose why the Cygwin Setup program is not or
is no
15, 2020 1:02 PM
> To: Chevva,Pramod Kumar ; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag
> Subject: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
>
> On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote:
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> Cygwin installation fails in win
-b8a0-95044bf99197%22%7d
Thanks
Pramod
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To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Cc: Deval,Ananth Nag
Subject: RE: [External] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
I don't have access to the AV logs bu
l] Re: Cygwin installation fails in Windows 10
On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> Cygwin installation fails in windows 10 after we ran the setup-x86_64.exe and
> unable to see the installation window.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank
On 15.10.2020 18:47, Chevva,Pramod Kumar via Cygwin wrote:
Hi Team,
Cygwin installation fails in windows 10 after we ran the setup-x86_64.exe and
unable to see the installation window.
Please advise.
Thanks
Pramod
Have you checked your Antivirus logs or settings ?
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: Re: cygwin
installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode
I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I
reproduce the problem
consistently. I use the following command 10 times
setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com
The setup fails one time of t
On 20/12/2017 12:43, Arkady wrote:
I can upload VirtualBox VM which demonstrates the problem - this is
14GB image for VirtualBox 5.1.30
Please don't.
In any case, you might wish to consult the license you have for Windows
to see if you are permitted to do this...
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:
I can upload VirtualBox VM which demonstrates the problem - this is
14GB image for VirtualBox 5.1.30
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Arkady wrote:
> Another clue - flags -d -n -N probably solve the problem or make the
> problem very rare
>
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Arkady wrote:
>> I h
Another clue - flags -d -n -N probably solve the problem or make the
problem very rare
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Arkady wrote:
> I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I
> reproduce the problem
> consistently. I use the following command 10 times
> setup-x86.exe -q
I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I
reproduce the problem
consistently. I use the following command 10 times
setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com
The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup.
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Arkady wro
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Arkady writes:
>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v
>>
>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to
>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped
>> working A problem caused the program to stop working
Arkady writes:
> Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the
> success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time.
>
> The problem is definitely not new. See, for example,
> https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50
> The batch start with
Arkady writes:
> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v
>
> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to
> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped
> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..."
That is usually caused by BLODA that recognize
On 2017-12-19 01:37, Arkady wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Arkady wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote:
I am trying to do:
setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v
The installation fails with the last line
"C
For the sake of other desperate developers searching for a solution
after 14 hours of work
This line works (most of the time?):
C:\Users\user\Downloads\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -s
http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -P "wget,screen,cat" -a
x86 -v -B -d -n -N
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11
This is the full log
C:\Users\user\Downloads>C:\Users\user\Downloads\setup-x86.exe -q -R
C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P "wget,screen,cat" -a
x86 -v
C:\Users\user\Downloads>note: Hand installation over to elevated child process.
Starting cygwin install, version 2.883
User has bac
Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the
success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time.
The problem is definitely not new. See, for example,
https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50
The batch start with rather encouraging "Force
On 2017-12-18 11:50, Arkady wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote:
>>> I am trying to do:
>>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v
>>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to
>>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "
Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml
My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am
trying to script the process.
I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file
cmd.exe /c
C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windo
Ok,
I have figured it out
setup-x86_64.exe -p "wget,screen" -q -R C:\cygwin -s
http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Arkady wrote:
> The following command on a clean Windows 10 virtual machine
> setup-x86_64.exe -p wget,screen -q -R C:\cygwin -s
> http://cygwin.mirror
The following command on a clean Windows 10 virtual machine
setup-x86_64.exe -p wget,screen -q -R C:\cygwin -s
http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com
completes fine, sets the icon on the desktop.
When I open the cygwin terminal and try commands wget or screen I am
getting "command not found"
Indeed fold
I tried again on the clean Windows VM
setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s
http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com
After that I tried
setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s
http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen
Both worked. Looks like my bad
On Mon, Dec 18,
Akshay Belle writes:
> I am trying to use cygwin on my office laptop, which as a software
> called powerbroker that provide admin privileges for installation of
> third party software like cygwin. Powerbroker has worked well with all
> other software installations, however cygwin is not installing
Greetings, Dr. Volker Zell!
>>> I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7
>>> host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user
>>> account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the
>>> shared folder on the NAS side.
>>
>>> I t
On 02.03.2015 17:56, Andrey Repin wrote:
Greetings, U-leila\vzell!
I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7
host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user
account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the
shared folder o
Greetings, U-leila\vzell!
> I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7
> host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user
> account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the
> shared folder on the NAS side.
> I then tried inst
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
> On Mar 2 15:43, U-leila\vzell wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7
>> host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user
>> account (part of admin groups). The named
On Mar 2 15:43, U-leila\vzell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I created a shared folder on a Synology NAS and mapped it to a Windows 7
> host system. Both Windows 7 and Synology NAS have the same named user
> account (part of admin groups). The named user has full access to the
> shared folder on the NAS side.
>
On 1/5/2014 11:48 AM, Gerry Reno wrote:
Is there a way to install Cygwin such that it would only be accessible
to Users within a specific Windows Group?
Right now you either get it just for the installing user or for All
Users. We would like access to be limited to a Group.
setup*.exe's opt
On 9/10/2013 3:32 PM, B Baldwin wrote:
Attempting to install Cygwin. Keep getting "Download Incomplete" errors,
eventually got all except Perl (perl-5.14.2-3.tar.bz2), which continues to
return this error. This has been occurring for the last ~5 hours, on every
mirror listed. There are about 1
Il 7/4/2013 6:31 AM, Fitzharris, Margaret A ha scritto:
I have been waiting for hours and the installation is stuck at the same point.
I have tried both methods of installing all the files and just the default
files, and the installation process always gets stuck at the same place. I have
turn
On 07/04/2013 06:31 AM, Fitzharris, Margaret A wrote:
> I have been waiting for hours and the installation is stuck at the
> same point. I have tried both methods of installing all the files and
> just the default files, and the installation process always gets
> stuck at the same place. I have tur
On 7/3/2013 8:22 PM, Fitzharris, Margaret A wrote:
I was downloading the first Cygwin setup installation located at
http://www.cygwin.com/install.html. I tried installing directly from the internet, using
all the default settings, such as root directory: C:/Cygwin. However, the installation
ge
Il 7/3/2013 3:36 AM, Fitzharris, Margaret A ha scritto:
I used to code in C using Cygwin and Netbeans to compile but have not used it since Spring, 2012.When I went to use an old program, I received a warning saying that my
Cygwin version was out of date. When I tried to update my Cygwin
install
Thanks for the response. I tried adding c:\cygwin\bin\ to the path,
with the same results as before, so I checked the /etc/postinstall/
directory as you mentioned. The files in there all end in .sh.done
except for two .tgz files (gcc-mingw-core and gcc-mingw-g++). I ran
the installer from the de
On 08/07/2009 01:12 PM, Steven Julian wrote:
Oops...didn't realize gmail was sending in rich text...that might
explain why I never got a reply, eh?
Yeah, could be. ;-)
I don't see allot here, other than the path is wrong, which likely leads to
many of your other troubles. Check your '/etc/pos
Oops...didn't realize gmail was sending in rich text...that might
explain why I never got a reply, eh?
Here it is again
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Steven Julian wrote:
> OK, upon doing more testing, and after several uninstalls/reinstalls, I
> finally got cygcheck to run. Output is att
> $ telnet rd00d20
> Trying 172.28.48.32...
> Connected to rd00d20.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> (In other words, the connection is opened and immediately closed.)
...by the foreign host. The telnet clients appears to be working
properly. I would suspect
On 8/12/08, Mike Marchywka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:37 +0200
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients
> >
> > On Aug 12 00:16, Dav
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:37 +0200
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Cygwin installation breaks ALL telnet clients
>
> On Aug 12 00:16, David Greenhouse wrote:
>> We are seeing an issue where after installing Cygwin and including the
* David Greenhouse (Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:16:54 -0400)
> We are seeing an issue where after installing Cygwin and including the
> inetutils package in order to get telnet access, none of the telnet
> clients on the system will work properly (not Cygwin's, Microsoft's,
> PuTTY, nothing). The issue per
On Aug 12 00:16, David Greenhouse wrote:
> We are seeing an issue where after installing Cygwin and including the
> inetutils package in order to get telnet access, none of the telnet
> clients on the system will work properly (not Cygwin's, Microsoft's,
> PuTTY, nothing). The issue persists even a
Angelo Graziosi wrote:
I have noticed that after installing Cygwin, /home has the following
permissions:
drwxrwxrwx+ 4 Administrator Administrators 0 Mar 18 17:52 home
and in /home
drwxrwxrwx+ Administrator Administrators 0 Mar 18 22:49 Administrator
drwxrwxrwx+ pippo Users
lent wrote:
>
>
> On the "semi-broken installation":
> Actually, the problem was that the "whatever vital job" that
> /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh was doing
> never completed. 30 minutes of wait time by multiple Vista users on
> multiple brands of spanking new
> laptops indicates some sort of
William Yun Chen wrote:
> Hi, I'm having some trouble installing cygwin openssh.
>
> I'm on windows vista ultimate, and I'm trying to follow the directions given
> in "Cygwin\...release\openssh\openssh-4.7p1-2\usr\share\doc\Cygwin\openssh"
>
> More specifically, I don't know exactly what I shoul
lent wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>>Please point out if I'm wrong or misinformed...
>
>>I'm trying to trace down the Vista cygwin setup.exe
/etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh "hang forever at 99%" problem.
>
Well, I think I was wrong about pointing fingers at "install-info". The
install-info was a guess
Hi,
Please point out if I'm wrong or misinformed...
I'm trying to trace down the Vista cygwin setup.exe
/etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh "hang forever at 99%" problem.
The current /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh contains the line:
/usr/bin/install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir
--info-file=/usr/s
Dave Korn wrote:
>
> On 19 September 2007 16:42, lent wrote:
> Hi Dave, thanks for the quick reply.
>
> Sorry, but I wasn't able to find the solution you refer to for the problem
> of setup.exe hanging in Windows Vista. Where can I find it?
>
>>> For getting the installation to keep going, ki
On 19 September 2007 16:42, lent wrote:
> For getting the installation to keep going, killing off an sh.exe process
> via
> Task Manager's End Process, moves things along. This also seems to need to
> be done for "texf" (I think that was the name) package.
Hell, you can make the whole thing "
For getting the installation to keep going, killing off an sh.exe process via
Task Manager's End Process, moves things along. This also seems to need to
be done for "texf" (I think that was the name) package.
At least we get to the final setup screen this way :-)
Chris Lent
Kevin Hilton-3 wr
If anyone is interested, this issue was resolved with the new Cygwin
installer that was released yesterday.
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Of Kyle Getz
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 2:16 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Cygwin installation han
DGFM-dfmsdev5b-Andrew Clark wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone please confirm whether Cygwin 2.510.2.2 should be installed on
Windows Server 2003 only as a LOCAL ADMIN account, NOT a ADMIN USER or
DOMAIN ADMIN account ?
Additionally, is anyone aware of McaFee 8.0i causing Cygwin SSH problems
when installed
--On 22 June 2007 17:18 +0100 DGFM-dfmsdev5b-Andrew Clark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Additionally, is anyone aware of McaFee 8.0i causing Cygwin SSH problems
when installed on Windows Server 2003 - currently SSH keeps receiving the
message ' ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by rem
On 6/22/07, DGFM-dfmsdev5b-Andrew Clark wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone please confirm whether Cygwin 2.510.2.2 should be installed on
Windows Server 2003 only as a LOCAL ADMIN account, NOT a ADMIN USER or
DOMAIN ADMIN account ?
I have no idea what Cygwin 2.510.2.2 is.
Additionally, is anyone aware
I've had this problem with my installation as well and solve it by using the
Windows XP Service Pack 2 compatibility mode (selectable in the Properties
window of the Cygwin setup.exe executable).
It installs fine now... hope it works out for you too.
Kevin Hilton-3 wrote:
>
> Being using cygwi
dprusak wrote:
> I'm also have the same problem. I googled, but didn't find a solution to
> this. Any ideas?
Have you reviewed the thread and worked through things already covered?
If so, what have you found?
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I'm also have the same problem. I googled, but didn't find a solution to
this. Any ideas?
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Im not sure they are "broken" in the purest sense, however I waited
over 2 hours for the gnuplot.sh script to finish. It never did. The
script seems simple:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /usr/bin/texhash ]
then
/usr/bin/texhash
fi
/usr/bin/install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir
--info-file=/usr/shar
On 08 April 2007 03:01, Kevin Hilton wrote:
> Here are the two files I found broken on the installation:
> gnuplot.sh
> postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh
How did you verify whether they are actually broken, or were just taking so
long to run that you thought they were stuck?
> And just for kic
Here are the two files I found broken on the installation:
gnuplot.sh
postinstall-ec-fonts-mftraced.sh
And just for kicks
How do I manually change the passwd and group files. Although under
windows Im listed as an administrator, cygwin states my group as none.
And Im unable to chmod chgroup the
On 2006-09-17, Mike Verstegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> First, a few apologies...
> - I just joined this mailing list, so this reply is cobbled
> together using the original message from the archives.
> - Though I've used cygwin for several years as an administrative
> user, I'm brand new to
First, a few apologies...
- I just joined this mailing list, so this reply is cobbled
together using the original message from the archives.
- Though I've used cygwin for several years as an administrative
user, I'm brand new to using cygwin in any complex ways
- I'm not at all skilled at Window
S.Sunil Kumar wrote:
> Hi Alexander ,
>
> I got it...I did that before.
>
> But now I have realised from your word that I have to
> choose the packeges propoerly while downloading.
>
> Which I have missed earlier.I didnt selected properly.
>
> Now I am downloading a Packege and selected INSTALL
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 05:33 -0700, S.Sunil Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have checked the following links.
>
> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.what-packages
> http://cygwin.com/packages/
> http://cygwin.com/packages/vim/
>
> I can see the file lists only and not the EXE File.
> If poss
On 14 Oct, S.Sunil Kumar wrote:
> I would like to install CYGWIN in my WIN-XP-HE PC.
> I have downloaded the CYGWIN Program from one of the
> FTP site by running the SETUP.EXE file.
>
> But I would like to know about how to install it in
> the XP System.
There's a mailing list where q
Larry Hall wrote:
At 03:53 PM 1/8/2005, you wrote:
This looks like a good confirmation. Time to move 2.457.2.1 into the
mainstream?
Yes, please! Max?
I agree.
I encountered a permissions problem on the server trying to put the new file
into place - I've emailed about it.
Max.
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At 09:49 AM 1/7/2005, you wrote:
>I'm not sure how to send an actual mail reply to that message, but since
>Larry said "This list would, however, be interested in
>knowing who this third party is and where you found the software
>that uses the Cygwin DLL" I can report that in my case I found that
At 03:53 PM 1/8/2005, you wrote:
>On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote:
>
>> On 08.01.2005 08:38 UK Time, fergus wrote:
>> > You can try two things.
>> > 1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and
>> > pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Herbert Eppel wrote:
> On 08.01.2005 08:38 UK Time, fergus wrote:
> > You can try two things.
> > 1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and
> > pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the Full
> > installation. This should run
On 08.01.2005 08:38 UK Time, fergus wrote:
You can try two things.
1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and
pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the Full
installation. This should run to completion without any glitches.
2. Use
http://www.cygwin
You can try two things.
1. Install in two stages: start with the Base (default) installation and
pursue to completion. Then re-start setup and continue with the Full
installation. This should run to completion without any glitches.
2. Use
http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/setup-2.457.2.1.exe
in
On 07.01.2005 17:55 UK Time, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
Herbert Eppel wrote:
I removed the burnatonce software and tried to reinstall Cygwin, but
after 90% I get the same problem, i.e. I first get a warning message
(see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinWarn1.jpg),
This is no p
Herbert Eppel wrote:
I removed the burnatonce software and tried to reinstall Cygwin, but
after 90% I get the same problem, i.e. I first get a warning message
(see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinWarn1.jpg),
This is no prblem and no error, just follow the hint displayed.
i
At 08:57 PM 10/5/2003, Tim Dierks wrote:
At 08:32 PM 10/5/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did you try renaming the present install, and any relevant registry
entries, and
retry after that (to avoid bad blocks in filesystem or a munged NTFS
structure
that NTFS somehow hasn't gotten around to repair
At 08:32 PM 10/5/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did you try renaming the present install, and any relevant registry
entries, and
retry after that (to avoid bad blocks in filesystem or a munged NTFS
structure
that NTFS somehow hasn't gotten around to repairing?)
I've tried renaming C:\cygwin, rebo
> Chris,
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:57:43PM -, Chris January wrote:
> > Corinna, the cpuid results are still valid if the user doesn't
> have NT. Only
> > in the worst case scenario (i.e. a user running Windows 95/98
> on a 486) will
> > it be necessary to resort to falling back on the regi
Chris,
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:57:43PM -, Chris January wrote:
> Corinna, the cpuid results are still valid if the user doesn't have NT. Only
> in the worst case scenario (i.e. a user running Windows 95/98 on a 486) will
> it be necessary to resort to falling back on the registry values alo
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:09:21PM +, Chris Hardie wrote:
> > "The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export
> > KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent"
> >
> > I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celeron. Anyone have any idea what's
> > going on?
>
> Fixed in CVS. Thanks for the report.
Corinna
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:09:21PM +, Chris Hardie wrote:
> "The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export
> KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent"
>
> I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celeron. Anyone have any idea what's
> going on?
Fixed in CVS. Thanks for the report.
Corinna
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> -Original Message-
> From: Peter A. Castro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Steve Fairbairn wrote:
>
> > I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then.
>
> You considder the early Slackware installs difficult, eh??
> Hah! Those
> were easy (I did ma
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Sy or Ursula Bensky wrote:
>
> > The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a
> > tarball or.ZIP file.
>
> Ooh, just what I wanted! A 1.6Gb tar or .ZIP file :)
> Let's see you download *that* over your 56k modem!
> (sorry, just couldn't resist...)
>
> I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then.
>
I tried to once. Once...
Sorry, I don't like to talk about it.
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>
> In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as
> convoluted and
> difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer.
>
Yeah, thanks Bensky, but your money's no good here. Go get your Unix-on-Windows
utilities from a less convoluted and difficult to use source.
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Sy or Ursula Bensky wrote:
> The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a
> tarball or.ZIP file.
Ooh, just what I wanted! A 1.6Gb tar or .ZIP file :)
Let's see you download *that* over your 56k modem!
(sorry, just couldn't resist...)
> Sy Bensky
>
>
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Steve Fairbairn wrote:
> I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then.
You considder the early Slackware installs difficult, eh?? Hah! Those
were easy (I did many an install of the early Slackware from floppy
images (and I still like & use Slackware today!))
aq_2.html#SEC14
Oh, if we could've all just saved all this time! What a different world
it would be! ;-)
Larry
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From: Sy or Ursula Bensky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:57:08 -0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CygWi
Sy,
It is. Or, more accurately, they are. A single archive would be
unwieldy and somewhat at odds with the rapidly changing set of packages
and the presence of very many packages of less than universal interest.
You can download individual tarballs (source tarballs are separate)
from any of a
The installation would be much simplified if it was available as a
tarball or.ZIP file.
Sy Bensky
On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Max Bowsher wrote:
subensky wrote:
In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything
as convoluted and
difficult to use as your CygWi
subensky wrote:
> In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything
> as convoluted and
> difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer.
And the point of this email was ... ?
Constructive criticism is welcome. Useless whining is not.
Max.
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* subensky (03-01-31 16:58 +0100)
> In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as
> convoluted and
> difficult to use as your CygWin download/installer.
Yeah, clicking seven times [Next], once [OK] and selecting a mirror
*is* difficult, indeed.
Thorsten
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I assume you never did an early slackware linux install then.
Steve.
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Subject: CygWin Installation
In over 30 years of computer/it experience I have never seen anything as
conv
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:54:58 -0400 dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been trying to install cygwin for the past two days and i'm not
> getting very far. I'm selecting admin, archive, base, database, doc,
> devel,
> interpreters, libs, math, net, shells, text, utils, and web, however it
>
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