Re: Cygwin setup 2.427 on Win2K

["Mark R. Miller" <markryanmiller at yahoo dot com>]

> 
> From: Bob Smart <bsmart@blorch.org>
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Cygwin setup 2.427 on Win2K
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:22 PM
> 
> I'm trying to run the Cygwin installer on W2K/SP4
> (local install) and it 
> lets me
> get as far as the screen where I select the packages
> I want...but the NEXT
> button is inactive, so I can't actually complete
> anything.  All I can do at 
> that
> point is CANCEL.
> 
> The system appears to be running Norton Internet
> Security.  We tried turning
> that off but it didn't seem to make any difference.
> 
> After the installer exits, the log shows that it
> verified all the MD5 
> values,
> and d:\cygwin\var\log has two files (setup.log and
> setup.log.full) in it.
> D:\cygwin\etc\setup has a file last-action that says
> "Install" and 
> last-cache
> that lists the (correct) directory where the package
> archives reside.
> 
> setup.log says:
>    Could not open service McShield for query, start,
> and stop.  McAfee
>    may not be installed, or we don't have access.
> 
> That's a bit of a surprise, since they're using
> Norton and NOT McAfee.
> 
> What do I have to do to get the installer to process
> my selections?
> 

I ran into the same problem with not being able to hit
the Next button.  The solution I found was to delete
the c:\cygwin directory that the installation creates
and run setup again.  I was installing to d:\cygwin
but it still created a directory on the C drive,
perhaps to keep some setup logs or temp files?  I
haven't installed cygwin for a while, so I was playing
around with some of the options and I'm pretty sure
that I stopped an install before it completed.  Maybe
an interrupted install leaves something on the hard
drive that keeps a subsequent install from completing?



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