Unable to extract libkbdsg.a while installing the w32api-runtime / gcc-core package

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 01/08/2015 08:17 PM, rocwhite168 wrote:
> Hi Cygwin users,
>
> I've been trying to install the w32api-runtime package (required by
> gcc-core) for my 64-bit Cygwin installed under Windows 8.1, but the
> installer always gives an error "Unable to extract
> /usr/lib/w32api/libkbdsg.a. This file is in use or some other error
> occurred. Please stop all Cygwin processes and select "Retry", or
> select "Continue" to go anyway (you will need to reboot)." Note that
> the mentioned file does not exist yet in that location. I have
> successfully installed w32api-runtime on a different Windows 8.1
> machine though. The only noteworthy difference may be that this time
> I've enabled compression on the cygwin64 root directory.
>
> Even weirder, it seems that I'm not able to create a file named
> "libkbdsg.a" anywhere on BOTH Windows 8.1 machines. Renaming an
> existing file to this name has no problem. However, the installer
> seems to delete the file first instead of overwriting it, so manually
> creating such named file doesn't help.
>
> Have any one encountered similar problems? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.

If you're having a problem creating any file inside or outside of Cygwin
tools, that suggests a virus/anti-virus tie-in.  I'd recommend looking
into this.


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Larry

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