Issue installing Cygwin 1.5.25-15: packages are downloaded, but setup exits prior to installation

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Nate Meyer wrote:
> To preface this, I did search the archives first, apologizes if I
> missed something.
> 
> OS: Windows Vista x64
> Installation Path: c:\cygwin
> Download Path: j:\temp
> 
> Issue:
> When I attempt to install the latest version of Cygwin the packages
> are downloaded successfully, and I receive a dialog box titled
> "set_sygdrive_flags" that says, "The operation completely
> sucessfully." Clicking OK in this dialog immediately closes the
> installer.
> 
> I wind up with a series of empty directories under c:\cygwin. All of
> the packages seem to have been download to j:\temp as there is 900mb
> or so of data there, but it is not actually installing.
> 
> I have tried installing from the internet, as well as installing from
> a local directory. Installing from a local directory produces the same
> behavior, minus the download of course.
> 
> I have tried different mirrors and the behavior is the same. The
> installer is running with admin privileges. I have tried completely
> deleting c:\cygwin and reinstalling.
> 
> At this point I'm a little unsure of where the issue could lie.
> Following this email, I'll be disabling everything I can with msconfig
> and attempting reinstallation. This seems like a longshot to me.
> 
> Any other suggestions?


My WAG - you have a <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#3PP> app installed.  Search
your disk for a rogue cygwin1.dll and remove all traces of it with the
appropriate variations of these steps to remove a Cygwin installation from
your system:

  <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all>

Keep in mind that any 3PP isn't going to follow proper Cygwin operational
rules so not all steps in the above will necessarily apply.

YMMV. :-)

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