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Christopher Faylor wrote: | On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:10:19AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: | |>Frank Bures wrote: |> |>>I have been using cygwin for several years now. I am now trying to |>>install the latest version. I deleted my cygwin directory to avoid any |>>possible conflicts. I downloaded the whole distribution to the local |>>drive. |>> |>>When I start the installation, it checks MD5's and then presents me |>>with the choice of packages. I make my choice, the installation |>>continues by "checking MD5 for _update-info-dir-00230-1" and then the |>>following error appears: "Runtime Error! Program: C:\tmpcyg\setup.exe |>>abnormal program termination" |>> |>>The error message is not very helpful (true to its Window$ heritage). |>>There are no messages available in Event Viewer. |>> |>>Running Win2k, 5.00.2195, SP4 |>> |>>What should I do next? |> |>That looks like a Visual Basic library error message. Make sure your |>Visual Basic 6 libraries are installed properly and up to date. ~ I |>think you can get the redistribution package for the dlls on the |>Microsoft site. | | | Er, no. | | setup.exe doesn't use Visual Basic and no package in the distribution | uses Visual Basic. | | If the OP is trying to install X as part of your installation, you need | to do it in two steps -- first install everything but X, then install X. | There is a bug in setup.exe which some people are tripping over. It | seems to require this. |
Well I just thought it looked like one. The message is typical of VB apps that it would be formatted in that manner but I guess I should of known better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32)
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