I have cygwin installed now, this is a follow up report, as promised, as to the mess I found in the registry.
There are differneces I find in the registry for cygwin (the one that worked after I deleted cygwin1) and cygwin1 (the one that was cygwin I had to rename cygwin1) I'm only showing registry settings that are different. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Sofrware\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 <No values set> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Sofrware\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin1\mounts v2 cygdrive REG_DWORD 0x00000022 (34) cygdrive prefix REG_SZ /cygdrive ====================================================== HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 Subkeys / /usr/bin /usr/lib /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts all native set to correct install paths off of c:\cygwin. No other subkeys. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin1\mounts v2 Subkeys / /usr/lib /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts all native set to correct install paths off of e:\cygwin Subkeys /bin /etc /ssh /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/etc /var all set incorrectly off of: e:\Program Files\NetworkSimplicity\ ====================================================== Those seem to be the most relevant changes that effected why it would not install correctly before. Regards, Jim Langston Jim Langston wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@;cs.nyu.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:32 AM > To: Jim Langston > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: bin dir not created during cygwin setup in Win2kPro > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Jim Langston wrote: > > > From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com> > > > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:40:56PM -0700, Jim Langston wrote: > > > >I've installed from internet and downloaded from internet both, but > > > >exact same thing. > > > > > > Only one is appropriate: "Install from internet". Essentially, at > > > this point, you should just be running Setup and clicking on Next > > > repeatedly. Don't make any decisions other than that. > > > > Yes, I've done that. When I click on Install from Internet, it still > > asks me for 2 directory paths, one where it will install the program > > to, and one where it will download the package too. Yes, I know it > > doesn't make sense for it to ask for where to download it to when I am > > installing from the internet, but it does anyway. > > > > The only way I've seen it act different in these two methods in the 13 > > installs I've done so far is that if you tell it to download from the > > internet it will download the packages and then exit the program and > > not install anything. Then I can run the setup.exe again and tell it > > to install from the local hard drive and point to where it's located. > > If you tell it to install from the internet it will download it and > > then install it. > > > > Is this the way it's supposed to act? I couldn't tell you, this is my > > first attempt at installing this program. I'm giving up after 13 > > attempts to reinstall with many different methods (install from > > internet, download from internet, install from local hard drive, > > install to e, install to c, etc...) > > > > It may be something hosed in my computer, I just don't know. The > > reason I'm attempting to install cygwin is so I can connect to a SuSe > > box running SSH and CVS. For some reason WinCVS will not connect me > > through SSH to the CSV server even using plink and putty, even though > > someone else follows the exact same steps and it works for them. For > > me the server tells me it doesn't like my public key, go figure. > > > > I've tried installing this using every method I could find, with the > > same exact results every time no matter what I do. So my feeling now > > is that either there is something in the registry that's preventing > > this from installing, some environment variable I have to tweak, or > > that my MSI is not compatable with the cygwin setup.exe (which I > > highly doubt). > > > > Unless there are any suggestions other than, "try installing it > > again", I give up. > > Jim, > > Unfortunately, any suggestion that does not contain "try installing it again" will >leave you with a computer without a Cygwin installation. So, do try installing it >again following these steps: > > Cleanup: > C1) Open Windows Explorer, browse to C:\cygwin, either delete it > completely or rename it to something else (if it exists) > C2) Start->Run, type "regedit", Edit->Find, type "Cygwin", select Keys > only > C2.1) Remove (or rename) all the keys you find to something else, say, > Cygwin1 (you don't have to rename subkeys once the top-level key is > renamed) > Note: as with all registry changes, don't forget to back up your registry > (see your Windows manual for details) > > Install: > 1) Create a download directory for Cygwin, e.g., c:\temp\CygwinInstall > 2) Download the latest setup.exe by clicking on "Install now" on the > Cygwin web page ( http://www.cygwin.com/ ) and save it in > c:\temp\CygwinInstall > 3) Run c:\temp\CygwinInstall\setup.exe > 4) Click "Next", select "Install from Internet", click "Next" > 5) In the "Root Directory" box type "C:/cygwin" (if it's not already > there), choose "Install For->All Users", with the default text file > type of "Unix", click "Next" > 6) In the "Local Package Directory" box type "C:\temp\CygwinInstall", > click "Next" > 7) Choose "Use IE5 Settings" (it won't hurt, and will help if you're > behind a firewall), click "Next" > 8) Select a mirror ( ftp://ftp.nas.nasa.gov/ is as good as any), click > "Next" > 9) Select the packages you'd like to install, click "Next" > 10) Choose where you'd like to create your icons, and click "Finish" > 11) Wait for all the postinstall scripts (flashing black windows) to > complete, then click "OK" in the "Install complete" box > > You should now have a working installation of Cygwin. Browse to C:\cygwin and >verify that you have the "bin", "lib", "usr", and "etc" subdirectories. Then try >clicking on the Cygwin icon on the desktop. If the above doesn't work, report back to >the list. > Igor > P.S. BTW, when you select "Install from Internet", the packages are cached in your >local download directory, so you can later do an "Install from a Local Directory" if >you need to reinstall something. > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "Water molecules expand as they grow warmer" (C) Popular Science, Oct'02, p.51 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
