Re: Installation problem

[Brooks Moses <bmoses at stanford dot edu>]

Pinaki Mukherjee wrote:
> I'm trying to install cygwin and it's not happening
> properly. From cygwin website, I downloaded the
> setup.exe file and then ran it. I chose the first
> option "Install from Internet". The files are getting
> downloaded, and then it tries to install the program.
> When the installation is 99% complete, it's getting
> stuck there with no progress. I waited for a long
> time, but nothing happened. So I had to cancel the
> process, and on doing so I got a message "Installation
> complete". There was no shortcut created on desktop or
> start menu, although I found directories created under
> C:\cygwin and also the registry entries for cygwin. 
>  
> On trying to reinstall it (after uninstalling by
> deleting reg entries and C:\cygwin), I encountered the
> same problem (again at 99%). This time I noted down
> the message in the progress window.
> "no package...
> /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh"
> I could locate this particular file (4 KB) in my
> computer.
>  
> Can anybody please help. I'm using Windows XP Pro
> Version 2000 SP2, and an Intel Xeon processor.

How long did you wait?  The message that you mention indicates that the 
TeX post-install script was running.  That particular script has to 
create some fairly large files, and it takes at least a couple of 
minutes to run on my computer.

Do things work correctly if you don't install the TeX packages?  (You 
can then try going back and installing them later -- you don't have to 
install everything in the first go.)

- Brooks


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