Broken package selection for a full install

[Daniel F. Dickinson]

Daniel F. Dickinson wrote:
> I installed cygwin (version 1.5.7) using setup.exe.  I downloaded all 
> the files locally, then cycled to "Install" rather than "Default" for 
> selection "All".  A large number of post-install scripts produced the 
> error dialog "A required .DLL file CYGPCRE.DLL is missing" and "A 
> required .DLL file CYGKPATHSEA-3.DLL is missing".  A perusal of the 
> mailing list in some recent messages gave me a clue:  It seems that 
> setup (or dependencies in a lot packages) are broken, and the libraries 
> required are not always selected (in this case libpcre and libkapthsea3).
> 
> I have fired up setup and opened up every branch, and discovered that 
> there are actually quite a few packages that were not installed.  Either 
>  cycling to "Install" in "All" is not what I thought (install 
> everything), or setup is broken.  Well setup is broken anyway because, 
> it should, at a minimum, install all dependencies.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Daniel

Erm, oh yeah, I'm running Windows 98 SE on a PII with 128 MB RAM.

Manually selection the packages not previously selected fixed thing. 
Now I have to go back and reinstall so that the postinstalls run - 
considering how much there is to the install I think I'll sleep while it 
install....

Cheers,

Daniel

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