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Cygwin installation problem


Hello,

I'm trying to install Cygwin on my Windows 2000 computer, but I have a problem ("Can't open database for writing" etc.).

I had a look in the archive and saw that the problem has been discussed several times. The message that appears to be most relevant to my situation appears to be Larry Hall's message of 27 November (http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-11/msg01111.html).

I'm not sure how to send an actual mail reply to that message, but since Larry said "This list would, however, be interested in
knowing who this third party is and where you found the software
that uses the Cygwin DLL" I can report that in my case I found that it was a free CD burning software called "burnatonce" (see http://www.burnatonce.com) that used an older (and much smaller) version of the dll file.


I removed the burnatonce software and tried to reinstall Cygwin, but after 90% I get the same problem, i.e. I first get a warning message (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinWarn1.jpg), immediately followed by an error message (see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/herb.eppel_new/temp/CygwinErr1.jpg), after which CygwinSetup.exe crashes.

I have to admit that I didn't actually uninstall the previous failed installation of Cygwin as recommended by Larry Hall (with link to http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC19). Presumably that's what I have to actually do befor the installation can complete successfully?

Is there anything else I should be aware of at this stage?

Thank you.

--
Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk

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