Problems installing Cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Bryan A. Zimmer wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I have used Cygwin since the year 2000, possibly 1999.
> 
> Throughout the years I have had no problem installing and using my
> Cygwin installation; first on Win98, WinNt, Windows 2000, and Windows =
> XP.
> 
> This year however I have not been able to achieve a good installation of =
> Cygwin. even though the steps I have taken are exactly the same ones I =
> used in the past: From the "setup.exe" program, using either "Install 
> directly
> from the Internet" (with direct connection), or Downloading it
> first, then installing from a local directory.
> 
> What I get are problems with the post-install scripts, which often hang
> there, doing nothing.
> 
> I am working in XP/SP3 now.
> 
> Most recently the post-install scripts seem to have run fine, and the
> installation was complete, I attempted to start Cygwin. I even took the
> precaution of creating the password and group files with the mkpasswd
> and mkgroup programs, with the commands:
> 
> $ mkpasswd -l -g > /etc/passwd
> $ mkgroup -l > /etc/group
> 
> I have also made sure my home directory in the Windows environment was 
> set to
> HOME=C:\cygwin\home\baz
> and that the CYGWIN environment variable was set to:
> CYGWIN=ntsec binmode tty glob
> (I also tried with "nontsec")
> 
> Having done this, I can press the "Cygwin" icon and get a command console
> that LOOKS like Cygwin, but the directory I get places in is /usr/bin, 
> and there
> is not even a default path, so that I have to type in things like 
> "/bin/ls" or
> "/bin/mount".
> 
> Doing a "/bin/bash --login -i" has the same effect, as do
> all attempt to start the program with Cygwin.bat from a cmd.exe prompt.
> 
> I do not know if I have missed some crucial and recent change, or what.
> The same installation process used to work just fine. This year (2008),
> I have only had the non-success described above.
> 
> Please help if you can.

Perhaps a problem report with the standard requested details as requested
at the link below would yield some clues?  Perhaps you'll notice something
too in the preparation of the report.

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