Install problem with latest cygwin

Install problem with latest cygwin

[Allan Chandler]

I've been running CygWin on my Win7-64 laptop for some time and I recently
decided to update to the latest packages, mainly because there's a bucket
load more stuff in there.

I renamed my cygwin directory to get it out of the way and downloaded/ran
setup-x86.exe. Selected ALL packages for download with no install and let
it run overnight.

The following day, I ran setup again and opted to install from the local
directory. This went well, right up to the post-install section where I got
"Cannot locate cygncursesw-10.dll"-type dialog boxes for each of several
dozen packages. I also get it when I try to run bash after exit.

I had a look into the \cygwin directory where everything was created and
there's no sign of this file (though it appears under my old version of
CygWin in /bin). In the local package area where I downloaded everything,
it appears to exist in the x86/release/Cygwin64/cygwin64-ncurses tar.bz2
file but nowhere else in the package area is there a file even containing
"ncur". So I'm wondering whether the fact that I'm running the x86
installer means I don't get that file. In which case, why are the
post-install scripts (and bash) trying to use it?

Has anyone else manages to install the latest CygWin on Win7 this way? Can
anyone offer some advice on getting it to work?

Cheers,
Pax.


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Re: Install problem with latest cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 8/26/2013 5:05 AM, Allan Chandler wrote:
>
> I've been running CygWin on my Win7-64 laptop for some time and I recently
> decided to update to the latest packages, mainly because there's a bucket
> load more stuff in there.
>
> I renamed my cygwin directory to get it out of the way and downloaded/ran
> setup-x86.exe. Selected ALL packages for download with no install and let
> it run overnight.
>
> The following day, I ran setup again and opted to install from the local
> directory. This went well, right up to the post-install section where I got
> "Cannot locate cygncursesw-10.dll"-type dialog boxes for each of several
> dozen packages. I also get it when I try to run bash after exit.
>
> I had a look into the \cygwin directory where everything was created and
> there's no sign of this file (though it appears under my old version of
> CygWin in /bin). In the local package area where I downloaded everything,
> it appears to exist in the x86/release/Cygwin64/cygwin64-ncurses tar.bz2
> file but nowhere else in the package area is there a file even containing
> "ncur". So I'm wondering whether the fact that I'm running the x86
> installer means I don't get that file. In which case, why are the
> post-install scripts (and bash) trying to use it?
>
> Has anyone else manages to install the latest CygWin on Win7 this way? Can
> anyone offer some advice on getting it to work?

Using the package search available at cygwin.com, it appears to me that
there has been a "hiccup" in the upload for this package.  Here are the
results of searching for cygncursesw-10.dll under x86 and x86_64:

x86:
	x86/cygwin64-ncurses/cygwin64-ncurses-5.9-5	
	x86/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.7-18	

x86_64:
	x86_64/cygwin32-ncurses/cygwin32-ncurses-5.7-1	
	x86_64/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.9-4	
	x86_64/ncurses-debuginfo/ncurses-debuginfo-5.9-4	

Note that the 64-bit version is also listed under the 32-bit
installation and vice-versa.  And this doesn't seem quite right. ;-)
In any case, for the moment, I'd recommend that you install the
libncrsesw10 package for x86.  That should resolve the immediate
issue for you.

-- 
Larry

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Re: Install problem with latest cygwin

[Ken Brown]

On 8/26/2013 11:52 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 8/26/2013 5:05 AM, Allan Chandler wrote:
>>
>> I've been running CygWin on my Win7-64 laptop for some time and I
>> recently
>> decided to update to the latest packages, mainly because there's a bucket
>> load more stuff in there.
>>
>> I renamed my cygwin directory to get it out of the way and downloaded/ran
>> setup-x86.exe. Selected ALL packages for download with no install and let
>> it run overnight.
>>
>> The following day, I ran setup again and opted to install from the local
>> directory. This went well, right up to the post-install section where
>> I got
>> "Cannot locate cygncursesw-10.dll"-type dialog boxes for each of several
>> dozen packages. I also get it when I try to run bash after exit.
>>
>> I had a look into the \cygwin directory where everything was created and
>> there's no sign of this file (though it appears under my old version of
>> CygWin in /bin). In the local package area where I downloaded everything,
>> it appears to exist in the x86/release/Cygwin64/cygwin64-ncurses tar.bz2
>> file but nowhere else in the package area is there a file even containing
>> "ncur". So I'm wondering whether the fact that I'm running the x86
>> installer means I don't get that file. In which case, why are the
>> post-install scripts (and bash) trying to use it?
>>
>> Has anyone else manages to install the latest CygWin on Win7 this way?
>> Can
>> anyone offer some advice on getting it to work?
>
> Using the package search available at cygwin.com, it appears to me that
> there has been a "hiccup" in the upload for this package.  Here are the
> results of searching for cygncursesw-10.dll under x86 and x86_64:
>
> x86:
>      x86/cygwin64-ncurses/cygwin64-ncurses-5.9-5
>      x86/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.7-18
>
> x86_64:
>      x86_64/cygwin32-ncurses/cygwin32-ncurses-5.7-1
>      x86_64/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.9-4
>      x86_64/ncurses-debuginfo/ncurses-debuginfo-5.9-4
>
> Note that the 64-bit version is also listed under the 32-bit
> installation and vice-versa.  And this doesn't seem quite right.

It's for cross-compiling, in case you want to build a 64-bit application 
under 32-bit Cygwin (and vice versa).

Ken

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Re: Install problem with latest cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 8/26/2013 12:46 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 8/26/2013 11:52 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> On 8/26/2013 5:05 AM, Allan Chandler wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been running CygWin on my Win7-64 laptop for some time and I
>>> recently
>>> decided to update to the latest packages, mainly because there's a bucket
>>> load more stuff in there.
>>>
>>> I renamed my cygwin directory to get it out of the way and downloaded/ran
>>> setup-x86.exe. Selected ALL packages for download with no install and let
>>> it run overnight.
>>>
>>> The following day, I ran setup again and opted to install from the local
>>> directory. This went well, right up to the post-install section where
>>> I got
>>> "Cannot locate cygncursesw-10.dll"-type dialog boxes for each of several
>>> dozen packages. I also get it when I try to run bash after exit.
>>>
>>> I had a look into the \cygwin directory where everything was created and
>>> there's no sign of this file (though it appears under my old version of
>>> CygWin in /bin). In the local package area where I downloaded everything,
>>> it appears to exist in the x86/release/Cygwin64/cygwin64-ncurses tar.bz2
>>> file but nowhere else in the package area is there a file even containing
>>> "ncur". So I'm wondering whether the fact that I'm running the x86
>>> installer means I don't get that file. In which case, why are the
>>> post-install scripts (and bash) trying to use it?
>>>
>>> Has anyone else manages to install the latest CygWin on Win7 this way?
>>> Can
>>> anyone offer some advice on getting it to work?
>>
>> Using the package search available at cygwin.com, it appears to me that
>> there has been a "hiccup" in the upload for this package.  Here are the
>> results of searching for cygncursesw-10.dll under x86 and x86_64:
>>
>> x86:
>>      x86/cygwin64-ncurses/cygwin64-ncurses-5.9-5
>>      x86/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.7-18
>>
>> x86_64:
>>      x86_64/cygwin32-ncurses/cygwin32-ncurses-5.7-1
>>      x86_64/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.9-4
>>      x86_64/ncurses-debuginfo/ncurses-debuginfo-5.9-4
>>
>> Note that the 64-bit version is also listed under the 32-bit
>> installation and vice-versa.  And this doesn't seem quite right.
>
> It's for cross-compiling, in case you want to build a 64-bit application
> under 32-bit Cygwin (and vice versa).

Ah, OK.  That makes sense then.  So then I guess these cross-compile
packages don't need the DLLs, right?

-- 
Larry

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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Re: Install problem with latest cygwin

[Allan Chandler]

On 8/26/2013 12:46 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 8/26/2013 11:52 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> On 8/26/2013 5:05 AM, Allan Chandler wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been running CygWin on my Win7-64 laptop for some time and I
>>> recently
>>> decided to update to the latest packages, mainly because there's a
bucket
>>> load more stuff in there.
>>>
>>> I renamed my cygwin directory to get it out of the way and
downloaded/ran
>>> setup-x86.exe. Selected ALL packages for download with no install and
let
>>> it run overnight.
>>>
>>> The following day, I ran setup again and opted to install from the
local
>>> directory. This went well, right up to the post-install section where
>>> I got
>>> "Cannot locate cygncursesw-10.dll"-type dialog boxes for each of
several
>>> dozen packages. I also get it when I try to run bash after exit.
>>>
>>> I had a look into the \cygwin directory where everything was created
and
>>> there's no sign of this file (though it appears under my old version of
>>> CygWin in /bin). In the local package area where I downloaded
everything,
>>> it appears to exist in the x86/release/Cygwin64/cygwin64-ncurses
tar.bz2
>>> file but nowhere else in the package area is there a file even
containing
>>> "ncur". So I'm wondering whether the fact that I'm running the x86
>>> installer means I don't get that file. In which case, why are the
>>> post-install scripts (and bash) trying to use it?
>>>
>>> Has anyone else manages to install the latest CygWin on Win7 this way?
>>> Can
>>> anyone offer some advice on getting it to work?
>>
>> Using the package search available at cygwin.com, it appears to me that
>> there has been a "hiccup" in the upload for this package.  Here are the
>> results of searching for cygncursesw-10.dll under x86 and x86_64:
>>
>> x86:
>>      x86/cygwin64-ncurses/cygwin64-ncurses-5.9-5
>>      x86/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.7-18
>>
>> x86_64:
>>      x86_64/cygwin32-ncurses/cygwin32-ncurses-5.7-1
>>      x86_64/libncursesw10/libncursesw10-5.9-4
>>      x86_64/ncurses-debuginfo/ncurses-debuginfo-5.9-4
>>
>> Note that the 64-bit version is also listed under the 32-bit
>> installation and vice-versa.  And this doesn't seem quite right.
>
> It's for cross-compiling, in case you want to build a 64-bit application
> under 32-bit Cygwin (and vice versa).

Ah, OK.  That makes sense then.  So then I guess these cross-compile
packages don't need the DLLs, right?

--
Larry

===

Okay, OP here, there's something weird going on here. I started setup
against my local directory this morning and did a search for "ncur" - all
it found was "cygwin64-ncurses: Ncurses for Cygwin 64bit toolchain", under
Devel.

When I rerun setup and go looking at the original site, that same search
gives me quite a bit more, three in Devel, seven in Libs and four in Utils.

And, looking at setup logs from yesterday, it appears only the one (the
64-bit one in my local area) was downloaded.

I've just started another download from the site and it's actually creating
NEW directories in my install area so it looks like it didn't get
everything it needed last time, despite the fact I'm sure I'd toggled the
top-level item to "Install". I KNOW for a fact it wasn't left on Default
since that's a relatively small set of packages (tested by downloading to
another area), nowhere near the quantity I got.

So I'm doing another download now and, luckily, it appears I'm only getting
stuff I don't already have. Once I've done a download that gives me nothing
extra, I'll do a full download to another location and compare. If
everything comes down first time, I'll have to chalk it up to PEBCAK and
apologise (ie, I somehow stuffed up the "Install" setting).

I'll let you all know.
Cheers.


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