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Re: 1.7.x: Installation fails in post install scripts - abnormal exit: exit code=128
> Thanks for the suggestion, but the install failed too much for even
> this to work - I don't have an /etc/profile. This is what I get:
>
> /usr/bin/bash: /etc/profile: No such file or directory
>
> I confirmed in Windows Explorer that the directory isn't there.
To get a step forward, I would suggest to create a fresh windows user
with admin rights and without whitespace in it's name.
If that works, you come closer to the issue. If it doesn't work there
must be something fundamentally wrong with your windows setup.
Al
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