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RE: 1.7.1: Incomplete install


So a complete uninstall (by deleting the directory and removing registry references) followed by a complete install fixed all my problems except one:

My rxvt shortcut results in a prompt that has not read my .bashrc file.  So I hacked the /etc/profile file to include the line:

. "/<home_dir>/.bashrc"

That fixed it.

The rxvt syntax is below:

C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe  -T "%COMPUTERNAME%.%USERDNSDOMAIN%" -e /bin/bash --login -c "exec /bin/bash"


-Kevin


-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 1:13 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: 1.7.1: Incomplete install

On 3/15/2010 4:03 PM, Roe, Kevin L. wrote:
> What I did:  I selected the option "reinstall" at the highest level.  I
> did this because I have the impression that that is the best way to
> ensure that the previous installation settings are ignored an everything
> in the current install package is installed.

"Install" would have been a better choice.

> How should I proceed?
>
> Should I delete the directory c:\cygwin? Should I use the setup file to
> uninstall cygwin before installing 1.7.1? Are there registry setting I
> can eliminate to make the installer think it is the first copy
> installed? Is there an install option that is supposed to do what I
> want?

To uninstall, see:

<http://*cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all>

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