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Re: Newbie installation problems


At 06:24 PM 12/16/2000, Bernhard Cozatti wrote:
>Hi
>
>I tried to download and install cygwin on many different
>ways with no success.
>Setup.exe hangs after  Next when all packages are listed
>in the setup window. Same problem if I try install or download.
>
>If I put the packages and teh setup program in a temporary
>directory, as mentioned on the download.html page, setup
>shows the message:
>
>can`t open /latest/ash/ash....tar.gz for reading. No such file
>(Similar message for all other packages)
>
>Same problem if I create these directories and put the files
>there. I tried it on several machines.
>
>Does anybody have a solution for this problem?
>
>Thank in advance
>
>Berni



Just a guess but it sounds like either a download problem or a permissions
problem.  The former is possible on 9x and NT while the latter is really
only likely on NT.  You might want to try deleting everything and downloading
again and/or checking your permissions on the result.



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