I installed cygwin (version 1.5.7) using setup.exe. I downloaded all the files locally, then cycled to "Install" rather than "Default" for selection "All". A large number of post-install scripts produced the error dialog "A required .DLL file CYGPCRE.DLL is missing" and "A required .DLL file CYGKPATHSEA-3.DLL is missing". A perusal of the mailing list in some recent messages gave me a clue: It seems that setup (or dependencies in a lot packages) are broken, and the libraries required are not always selected (in this case libpcre and libkapthsea3).
I have fired up setup and opened up every branch, and discovered that there are actually quite a few packages that were not installed. Either cycling to "Install" in "All" is not what I thought (install everything), or setup is broken. Well setup is broken anyway because, it should, at a minimum, install all dependencies.
Cheers,
Daniel
Erm, oh yeah, I'm running Windows 98 SE on a PII with 128 MB RAM.
Manually selection the packages not previously selected fixed thing. Now I have to go back and reinstall so that the postinstalls run - considering how much there is to the install I think I'll sleep while it install....
Cheers,
Daniel
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