Re: Install still fails on win7 (and no tips after 2.5 months?)

["Larry Esmonde" <dotdotlar at gmail dot com>]

After getting the fatal "cyggcc_s-1.dll is missing" error and finding the
thread below, I started digging into the Cygwin installation on my Windows 7
Enterprise box.  I resolved to try again and did an uninstall and then tried
to clean up the c:\cygwin directory, but one of the subdirectories would not
delete (specifically c:\usr\local).  That's when I remembered that I copied
my c:\cygwin\etc, \local and \home directories from my old laptop over to my
new one.  The reason it would not delete was because the user/owner info was
still from the old laptop.  I wondered if the old userid was mucking up the
fresh installation...

I was unable to delete the directory, so I renamed c:\cygwin to c:\hideme
and then did a re-installation with setup.exe and voila! -- a working Cygwin
installation with a running bash.exe.  :-)

Hopefully this helps!

V/R,

Lar

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On 12/6/2010 9:43 PM, Stig Hackvan wrote:

    Why does cygwin not install properly on windows 7 (32 bit)? 


...on your machine.  It's a fair question.  But also one that may
require more input and action by you to resolve.  I'll offer a couple
of pot-shots, in the absence of more details.


<snip>


        On Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit. 

                          ^^^^^
Here it seems like you're pointing at Windows 7 x64.  FWIW, I have installed
on this platform no problem.  Well, of course, I'm not the only one.



        For al post-install actions, there are a log entries such as
follows:

        2010/09/23 11:21:58 running: C:\cygwin175\bin\bash.exe --norc
        --noprofile /etc/postinstall/000-cygwin-post-install.sh
        2010/09/23 11:22:06 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741515
        2010/09/23 11:22:06 running: C:\cygwin175\bin\bash.exe --norc

        --noprofile /etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh
        2010/09/23 11:22:07 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741515
        2010/09/23 11:22:07 running: C:\cygwin175\bin\bash.exe --norc
        --noprofile /etc/postinstall/coreutils.sh
        2010/09/23 11:22:07 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741515

        2010/09/23 11:22:07 running: C:\cygwin175\bin\bash.exe --norc
        --noprofile /etc/postinstall/terminfo.sh
        2010/09/23 11:22:08 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741515
        2010/09/23 11:22:08 running: C:\cygwin175\bin\bash.exe --norc

        --noprofile /etc/postinstall/bash.sh


        And a dialog is posted to the UI, reporting a failure: 


Don't worry too much about the above complaints.  They'll eventually get
addressed.  There's nothing really new here other than these potential

issues are now getting reported.


        "The program can't start because cyggcc_s-1.dll is missing from your

        computer.  Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."


        I tried re-install, but to no avail.

        Suggestions? 


    Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html 


That's my best suggestion.  Also, what did you reinstall?  You're looking
for libgcc1.  You might want to reboot after for good measure.  And then
also look for <http://www.acronymfinder.com/#BLODA>.


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