-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:34:20 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:10:19AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >>Frank Bures wrote: >>>I have been using cygwin for several years now. I am now trying to >>>install the latest version. I deleted my cygwin directory to avoid any >>>possible conflicts. I downloaded the whole distribution to the local >>>drive. >>> >>>When I start the installation, it checks MD5's and then presents me >>>with the choice of packages. I make my choice, the installation >>>continues by "checking MD5 for _update-info-dir-00230-1" and then the >>>following error appears: "Runtime Error! Program: C:\tmpcyg\setup.exe >>>abnormal program termination" >>> >>>The error message is not very helpful (true to its Window$ heritage). >>>There are no messages available in Event Viewer. >>> >>>Running Win2k, 5.00.2195, SP4 >>> >>>What should I do next? >> >>That looks like a Visual Basic library error message. Make sure your >>Visual Basic 6 libraries are installed properly and up to date. ~ I >>think you can get the redistribution package for the dlls on the >>Microsoft site. > >Er, no. > >setup.exe doesn't use Visual Basic and no package in the distribution >uses Visual Basic. > >If the OP is trying to install X as part of your installation, you need >to do it in two steps -- first install everything but X, then install X. >There is a bug in setup.exe which some people are tripping over. It >seems to require this. OK, I installed without X and it went through. However, I have not been able to install X afterwards, still getting the same error. How should I install X and avoid the error? Thanks Frank Bures, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 3H6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/general/itelec.html PGP public key: http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&search=Frank+Bures -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0 OS/2 for non-commercial use Comment: PGP 5.0 for OS/2 Charset: cp850 wj8DBQFBuIN7ih0Xdz1+w+wRAmshAKDlLSNfHNMk1p6bikoWwDHXpo1HFwCdHd7N ewyBYxWrlbgj9Q9xpF6oNl0= =X9oL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/