Installing error: cygwin1.dll not found

Fri Nov 11 01:29:00 GMT 2005

ok...thanks Igor and Larry...i finally got it installed and running using a 
mirror site closer to home.  thank you both greatly for your help.

Kevin

>From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
>Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>To: Kevin Worrell <nappyandashy@hotmail.com>
>CC: cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: Installing error: cygwin1.dll not found
>Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:37:29 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Kevin Worrell wrote:
>
> > > From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@XX.XXX.XXX>
> > > Reply-To: cygwin@XXXXXX.XXX
> > > To: cygwin@XXXXXX.XXX
> > > CC: Kevin Worrell <nappyandashy@XXXXXXX.XXX>
>
><http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.
>
> > > Subject: Re: Installing error: cygwin1.dll not found
> > > Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:20:55 -0500 (EST)
> > >
> > > On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Kevin Worrell wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I recently installed cygwin on my Windows XP but when I try to run
> > > > > cygwin I get an error saying "This application (bash.exe) has 
>failed
> > > > > to start because cygwin1.dll was not found.  Re-installing the
> > > > > application may fix this problem."
> > > > >
> > > > > I also got a similar message during the initial installation and 
>it
> > > > > keeps coming up on attempted re-installations (when I tried
> > > > > re-installing the default packages).  After checking the FAQs I
> > > > > identified the cygwin1.dll in the cygwin package and have tried to
> > > > > install it specifically on the Select Packages setup page by 
>switching
> > > > > the toggle button from "skip" to "1.5.18-1."  When I click next, 
>the
> > > > > setup detects additional dependent packages that need to be
> > > > > downloaded, but when I continue I get one of the following two 
>errors:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Fatal error: uncaught exception
> > > > > Thread: install
> > > > > Type: St16invalid_argument
> > > > > Message: URL Scheme not registered!"
> > > > >
> > > > > or  "Can't open (null) for reading: no such file"
> > > > >
> > > > > What am I doing wrong?  I also found a similar problem in the 
>mailing
> > > > > list archives, entitled ?Error while installing cygwin? from 
>Abhinav
> > > > > Varshney, dated 11/5/05.  Thanks for any help that you can give.
> > > > >
> > > > > Additional info:
> > > > > setup.exe version 2.510.2.2
> > > > > cygwin dll release version 1.5.18-1
> > > >
> > > > How about cygcheck output as requested by:
> > > >
> > > > > Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
> > > >
> > > > As to the 'setup.exe' problem, was there anything "interesting" that
> > > > showed up in setup.log or setup.log.full?
> > >
> > > For the 'setup.exe' problem, nothing interesting will show up in
> > > setup.log* for the OP's version of setup.  Version 2.513-1-alpha[*] 
>added
> > > some interesting debugging info -- this should also show up in the 
>next
> > > setup snapshot, if and when it is built.
> > > 	Igor
> > > [*] <http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/cygwin/setup-2.513-1-alpha.exe>
> >
> > Yes, the beginning of the setup.log file looks like this:
> >
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Starting cygwin install, version 2.510.2.2
>                                                        ^^^^^^^^^
>setup.log is accumulated across all setup runs.  You should move it out of
>the way and run the newer setup version I mentioned -- you'll get a new
>setup.log.
>
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
>
>These messages are a result of a missing package database -- the newer
>setup doesn't print them.
>
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Current Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin 
>Worrell\Desktop
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Changing gid to Users
> > 2005/10/26 19:00:42 Could not open service McShield for query, start and 
>stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access.
> > 2005/10/26 19:02:49 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
> > 2005/10/26 19:02:49 source: network install
> > 2005/10/26 19:03:55 root: C:\cygwin binary system
> > 2005/10/26 19:06:03 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
> > 2005/10/26 19:06:03 Selected local directory: C:\Program Files\Cygwin
> > 2005/10/26 19:06:14 net: Direct
> > 2005/10/26 19:06:28 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
> > 2005/10/26 19:06:28 site: ftp://cygwin.dp.ua/pub/mirrors/cygwin
>
>Hmm, why are you installing from Ukraine? :-)
>
> > 2005/10/26 19:07:34 io_stream_cygfile: fopen failed 2 No such file or 
>directory
> >
> > I'm guessing maybe i need to start over fresh with installation, but i'm
> > not really sure how to do that...
>
>Does <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all> help?
>
> > i'm working on the cygcheck...
>
>What are the problems?
>	Igor
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