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Re: setup.exe won't unpack the download
At 03:43 AM 11/8/2004, you wrote:
>> If this isn't the problem, my WAG is that you have a version
>> of 'cygwin1.dll' already on your system, due to some previous install > or some other software that uses Cygwin surrepticously. If this is
>> true, remove all copies of 'cygwin1.dll' from your system and follow
>> the uninstall directions here:
>>
>> <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC19>
>>
>> If none of this describes your installation and/or helps, please
>> follow the instructions at the uninstall link above, rerun 'setup.exe' > as "Install from Internet", and *attach* the 'setup.log' file
>> (assuming this time things don't just "work" for you).
>
>
>Your WAG was totally right. I had some Acrobat plugin called PDFmerge that had an old copy of cygwin1.dll in a 'hidden' folder that didn't turn up on previous searches for 'cygwin'. Deleted it, re-installed and everything's working great now.
>
>Thanks SO much, i'm so happy to be able to use Cygwin now.
>
>Sorry it was such a half-baked problem.
Unfortunately, it's a difficult problem to spot. It's nice that Cygwin
is as popular as it is but it's a shame that this popularity can cause
these kinds of conflicts. It would be interesting to know from where you
got PDFmerge and whether source for it and the Cygwin DLL are available
for it. If not, then at least this version of PDFmerge is not GPL
compliant, which warrants contacting the author/distributor.
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