2.573.2.3 setup on Vista Ultimate fails: cygintl-8.dll was not found

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Mark Molinari wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install Cygwin on Vista Ultimate 32 bit.  I have
> downloaded the entire Cygwin archive to a windows 2003 servers.  I run
> setup.exe across the network and just try to do the default install.
> The installation proceeds until the installer attempts to run
> /etc/postinstall/base-files/mketc.sh.  From that point on I receive
> error messages stating:
> "This application has  failed to start because cygintl-8.dll was not
> found.  Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
> 
> I tried uninstalling, reinstalling, and deleting the Cygwin
> installation directory without success.  When I look through the
> packages list in the installer before I click Next> to install, I
> can't find libintl8 anywhere.
>

Sounds like your archive is missing it.  Either download it to your
archive and try again or just install off the Internet pointing at
one of the current mirrors.

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