Re: brltty postinstall error during setup-x86.exe Cygwin install

[David Stacey <drstacey at tiscali dot co dot uk>]

On 31/07/2013 05:10, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> Here's the error during the install:
>
> Package: Unknown package
>          brltty.sh exit code 1
>
> Here's the pertinent line in the /var/log/setup.log.full:
>
> 2013/07/30 20:56:03 running: C:\cygwin32\bin\bash.exe --norc
> --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/brltty.sh"
> cygrunsrv: Error installing a service: OpenService:  Win32 error 1073:
> The specified service already exists.^M

The post-install script for brltty registers a Windows service called 
BrlAPI. If you reinstall Cygwin (say by deleting C:\cygwin and running 
setup-x86.exe again) without removing this service, then the 
post-install script will attempt to register this service again and you 
will see the error.

Before uninstalling Cygwin, you can remove the BrlAPI service by typing:

    cygrunsrv --remove BrlAPI

You can see if any other Cygwin services have been registered by typing

    cygrunsrv --list

Cheers,

Dave.



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