Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <000701c02b02$89498680$f52c000a@mork> Reply-To: "Michael Roper" From: "Michael Roper" To: Subject: RE: message nothing to install/update - still a problem Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 03:18:09 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Hi, Setup tells me "Nothing needed to be installed", but nearly all created directories are empty. I realise this has been addressed before but I could find no solution in either FAQ or mail archive. So any help much appreciated. Anyway here is what setup.exe puts in c:\cygwin: Directory of C:\cygwin ETC 09-29-00 5:54a etc BIN 09-29-00 5:54a bin LIB 09-29-00 5:54a lib TMP 09-29-00 5:54a tmp USR 09-29-00 5:54a usr VAR 09-29-00 5:54a var CYGWIN ICO 766 10-01-00 2:51a cygwin.ico CYGWIN BAT 55 09-29-00 5:54a cygwin.bat SETUPL~1 FUL 7,496 10-01-00 2:51a setup.log.full SETUP LOG 2,604 10-01-00 2:51a setup.log CYGWIN PIF 967 09-29-00 5:55a cygwin.PIF Directory of C:\cygwin\bin // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\etc SETUP 09-29-00 5:54a setup PROFILE 473 09-29-00 5:54a profile Directory of C:\cygwin\etc\setup TIMEST~1 9 10-01-00 2:51a timestamp ASHLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a ash.lst.gz BASHLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a bash.lst.gz BINUTI~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a binutils.lst.gz BISONL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a bison.lst.gz BYACCL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a byacc.lst.gz BZIP2L~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a bzip2.lst.gz CLEARL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a clear.lst.gz CRYPTL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a crypt.lst.gz CVSLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a cvs.lst.gz CYGWIN~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a cygwin.lst.gz DEJAGN~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a dejagnu.lst.gz DIFFLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a diff.lst.gz EXPECT~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a expect.lst.gz FILEUT~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a fileutils.lst.gz FINDUT~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a findutils.lst.gz FLEXLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a flex.lst.gz GAWKLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a gawk.lst.gz GCCLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a gcc.lst.gz GDBLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a gdb.lst.gz GDBMLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a gdbm.lst.gz GPERFL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a gperf.lst.gz GREPLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a grep.lst.gz GROFFL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a groff.lst.gz GZIPLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a gzip.lst.gz INETUT~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a inetutils.lst.gz JBIGKI~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a jbigkit.lst.gz JPEGLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a jpeg.lst.gz LESSLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a less.lst.gz LIBPNG~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a libpng.lst.gz LOGINL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a login.lst.gz M4LST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a m4.lst.gz MAKELS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a make.lst.gz MANLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a man.lst.gz MTLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a mt.lst.gz OPENSS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a openssh.lst.gz OPENSS~2 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a openssl.lst.gz PATCHL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a patch.lst.gz SEDLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a sed.lst.gz SHELLU~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a shellutils.lst.gz TARLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a tar.lst.gz TCLTKL~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a tcltk.lst.gz TERMCA~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a termcap.lst.gz TEXINF~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a texinfo.lst.gz TEXTUT~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a textutils.lst.gz TIFFLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a tiff.lst.gz TIMELS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a time.lst.gz VIMLST~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a vim.lst.gz ZLIBLS~1 GZ 20 09-29-00 5:54a zlib.lst.gz INSTAL~1 DB 2,087 10-01-00 2:51a installed.db INSTAL~1 OLD 2,087 09-29-00 5:54a installed.db.old Directory of C:\cygwin\lib // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\tmp // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\usr BIN 09-29-00 5:54a bin LIB 09-29-00 5:54a lib LOCAL 09-29-00 5:54a local TMP 09-29-00 5:54a tmp Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\bin // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\lib // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\local BIN 09-29-00 5:54a bin ETC 09-29-00 5:54a etc LIB 09-29-00 5:54a lib Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\local\etc // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\local\lib // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\tmp // Empty dir Directory of C:\cygwin\var RUN 09-29-00 5:54a run TMP 09-29-00 5:54a tmp Directory of C:\cygwin\var\run UTMP 0 10-01-00 2:51a utmp Directory of C:\cygwin\var\tmp // Empty dir Total files listed: 58 file(s) 17,504 bytes 50 dir(s) 1,080,295,424 bytes free My system: Win98 SE 4.10.2222 A; IE 5 5.00.2614.3500; Available space on drive C: 1030MB of 6725MB (FAT32) (NOTE I previously started a net install into c:\program files\cygwin (I think) which I aborted). My sequence of operations for failed directory install: 1.) Downloaded the following files from mirror.aarnet.edu.au (binary mode FTP get) and put in c:\windows\desktop\cygwin: ash-20000823.tar.gz bash-2.04-1.tar.gz binutils-20000722-1.tar.gz bison.tar.gz bootstrap.zip byacc.tar.gz bzip2.tar.gz clear-1.0.tar.gz common-src.tar.gz crypt-1.0.tar.gz cygwin-1.1.4.tar.gz dejagnu.tar.gz diff.tar.gz expect.tar.gz fileutils.tar.gz findutils.tar.gz flex.tar.gz gawk-3.0.4.tar.gz gcc-2.95.2-2.tar.gz gdb-20000610.tar.gz gperf.tar.gz grep.tar.gz groff-1.11a-1.tar.gz groff-1.11a-1.patch.gz gzip.tar.gz inetutils-1.3.2-7.tar.gz less.tar.gz login-1.4-1.tar.gz m4.tar.gz make-3.79-3.tar.gz man-1.5g-2.tar.gz mt-1.9.1.tar.gz openssl-0.9.5a.tar.gz openssh-2.2.0p1.tar.gz patch.tar.gz README sed-3.02-1.tar.gz setup.ini Setup.exe setup.hint.for.common shellutils.tar.gz tar.tar.gz tcltk-20000610.tar.gz termcap-20000630.tar.gz textutils-2.0-1.tar.gz time.tar.gz vim-5.7-4.tar.gz 2. Ran setup.exe[Cygwin Net RElease Setup Program Version 2.13] : Install from local directory : (UNIX file type/just me/default dir d:\cygwin) : Local package directory = "C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\cygwin" : install root directory="C:/cygwin" 3. All (I assume) packages seemed to be new -- certainly none current. Clicked on next. 4. Got create desktop shortcut screenn - cant remember my response 5. Got 'Nothing needed to be installed message' NOTES: 1. I manually extracted cygcheck to my desktop. Running it ('cygcheck -s -v -r' ) from MS-DOS gave no output only a popup box with the message "A required .DLL file, CYGWIN1.DLL, was not found." 2. no key "Cygnus" etc. generated in the registry 3. Start menu, desktop shortcuts successfully created. 4. selecting "bash" from the program menue shows a dos box which closes immediately 5. -installed.db shows -no "error" message or unexpected quit of setup, it just has a whole lot of lines like ash latest/ash/ash-20000823.tar.gz 34737 bash latest/bash/bash-2.04-1.tar.gz 276403 binutils latest/binutils/binutils-20000722-1.tar.gz 3370647 bison latest/bison/bison.tar.gz 49432 byacc latest/byacc/byacc.tar.gz 30927 bzip2 latest/bzip2/bzip2.tar.gz 80249 clear latest/clear/clear-1.0.tar.gz 925 ... 6. setup.log shows 2000/09/29 06:54:25 Starting cygwin install Current Directory: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\cygwin source: from cwd Selected local directory: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\cygwin root: C:/cygwin binary user Installing latest/ash/ash-20000823.tar.gz Installing latest/bash/bash-2.04-1.tar.gz ... ... Installing latest/vim/vim-5.7-4.tar.gz Installing contrib/zlib/zlib-1.1.3-4.tar.gz mbox note: Nothing needed to be installed 2000/09/29 06:54:41 Ending cygwin install Thanks heaps for any help! Michael -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com