Thank You Lou Rosas --- Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 05:08 PM 11/27/2004, you wrote: > >I tried Three times to install Cygwin on my > computer. > >I downloaded all the packages from the sight: > except > >the databases, which I set to default. I then > click > >the setup icon to start the install. I select > Install > >from local directory and chose where I want to > >install. Everything goes along just fine until > "99%" > >done. Then I get the "You should reboot for cygwin > to > >take effect.." dialog box. > > If you get this message, it means you already have > 'cygwin1.dll' > on your system, apparently unbeknownst to you. > Presumably, this > came with some other third party software that you > installed. > > >Next, I get the dialog > >box: "Can't open Package Database for writing: no > >such file or directory". I then reboot. BUT I > don't > >see cygwin in my start menu and I don't see the > cygwin > >shortcut on my desktop. What is going on, and how > >should I solve this problem? > > > Find where 'cygwin1.dll' is and delete it. > Considering that > 'setup.exe' told you that you needed to reboot, > you'll need to > figure out which program is using 'cygwin1.dll' and > stop it > before you can actually delete the DLL. Once you've > done this, > read and follow: > > How do I uninstall all of Cygwin? > <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC19> > > After doing this, you can reinstall Cygwin where > you'd like it > and should be more successful. If you want to make > sure that > the program that was originally using it's own > 'cygwin1.dll' > will still work, you just need to make sure that it > sees the > new 'cygwin1.dll' that you installed. The easiest > way to do > that is to put the directory with 'cygwin1.dll' in > your path. > If that doesn't work for you, you need to contact > the third > party for help. This list would, however, be > interested in > knowing who this third party is and where you found > the software > that uses the Cygwin DLL. > > > -- > Larry Hall > http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) > 893-9779 - RFK Office > 838 Washington Street (508) > 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
