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Unable to install X on 64-bit Windows 7 Premium
- From: Bob Kline <bkline at rksystems dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:19:45 -0400
- Subject: Unable to install X on 64-bit Windows 7 Premium
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
I finally had to replace my ancient Windows XP box, and ended up with
a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit system. If I run setup.exe to install a
fresh cygwin, it succeeds as long as I don't touch the X11 set, leaving
it at Default (which is to say, don't install anything in the set). If
I change Default to Install for X11, I get a dialog box which says:
Cygwin Setup - Running postinstall scripts
Postinstall script errors
The following errors occured executing postinstall scripts
Package: gcc4-core
gcc4-core.sh exit code 126
Package: libglade2.0_0
libglade2.0.sh exit code 2
Package: xinit
xinit.sh exit code 8
Package: No package
gcc4-core.sh exit code 126
libglade2.0.sh exit code 2
xinit.sh exit code 8
When I click Next, I get an error message saying the installation won't
work properly unless I correct the failures which occurred, and tells me
to look in the log file. The log file doesn't have anything beyond what
appears in the dialog box as far as the errors are concerned, and
there's no clue anywhere telling me how I'm supposed to go about
correcting the errors. I've tried many times, clearing away the
c:\cygwin tree each time and starting fresh (don't know about the
registry, though: there isn't an uninstaller for cygwin in the
add/remove programs database). I've googled, but haven't found anything
I could use to get past these failures.
Versions:
cygwin installer, version 2.708
gcc4-core, version 4.3.4-3
libglade2.0_0, version 2.6.4-1
xinit, version 1.2.1-1
I'm running the setup program as administrator. I downloaded it
multiple times to make sure I wasn't working a corrupted installer.
Could I please have some assistance figuring out how to correct the
errors? What other information do I need to supply?
Thanks!
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Bob Kline
mailto:bkline@rksystems.com
http://www.rksystems.com
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