Greetings, Jenny Pawlak! > 5. Cygwin setup works for maybe a minute and then gives the first of > many, many pop-up messages "IO Error Opening > file....._autorebase/binutils/cygwin/grep/mintty etc. Do you want to > skip this package?"
Your AV blocks Cygwin rebasing. Either tell it to behave or remove it. > When I browse to indicated directory I find a *.tmp file in that > location (e.g. base-files-4.2-4.tar.xz.tmp 44KB) and that the full > file was never fully downloaded. > I can abort setup.exe with the TaskManager and then re-run it again > and sometimes get a little bit further before getting the "IO Error > Opening file" message but, so far, I am unable to install an operable > Cygwin. > I'd appreciate any help. > Thanks for taking the time to read this. > Jenny > PS: I have recently installed several unrelated programs from the > Internet without incident (e.g. git bash, notepad++). Your AV is not suitable for a developer. That simple. It blocks write access to executable files without your consent. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Sunday, August 14, 2016 13:38:51 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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