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Re: Problems installing/uninstalling
On 12/26/06, Paul Thompson wrote:
I have had recently considerable problems both installing and uninstalling
cygwin.
XP-pro box
Version: 2.510.2.2
1st try - downloaded all updates, and install from local disk
Install stops dead and does not proceed at
/etc/postinstall/01bash.bat
After this, I attempted to uninstall the entire package to reinstall fresh
At this point, uninstall hangs at
Running preremove script...
base-files
I attempted to delete the installed program by hand, but cannot delete bash.exe
Suggestions?
Paul A. Thompson, Ph.D.
Division of Biostatistics
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110
314-747-3793
paul@wubios.wustl.edu
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First, reboot if you haven't already. Something may have open handles on bash.
For clues:
What if setup fails? http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.setup-fails
To get it off your system so you can do a clean install:
How do I uninstall all of Cygwin?
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all
If bash still won't go away, check its permissions and ownership with
the Windows Explorer GUI.
After you get rid of everything, try running setup.exe again.
-Jason
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