On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 06:07:44PM -0400, Russ Fink wrote: >Hello, > >I am trying to install Cygwin 1.7.9 onto Windows Server 2008 and >Windows 7 machines that do not have network access. I ran the >setup.exe application from a Windows XP 32 bit virtual machine, >selected "Download only," and selected all packages. I burned these >onto a DVD along with the setup.exe program. > >When I run setup.exe on the unnetworked machines, I get the following >error message several times: > >"The program can't start because cygncursesw-10.dll is missing from >your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." > >In addition, a dialog cautions that several post-install tasks failed >to complete. > >I cannot run the Cygwin (bash) shell because it pops up the >cygncursesw-10.dll error message. > >This happens on both a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64 bit) and a >Windows 7 Enterprise machine (64 bit). > >Any suggestions?
How about installing the package which contains cygncursesw-10.dll? It's so crazy that it just might work. http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=cygncursesw-10.dll -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
