{External} Re: installation problem

[Brian Inglis]

On 2024-10-31 09:10, Cramer, Michael via Cygwin wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response!  My answers are below next to the questions.
> Where are you geographically located, which mirror(s) have you selected, and which ISP or network provider are you using?
> Mike:  Waltham, MA and I am using the mirror at Clarkson...   But I tried a number of other mirrors chosen randomly and it failed with each one.
> 
> Are you using a desktop workstation from inside an org's network, and/or do you have an antivirus package installed and active?
> Mike: I am using a windows laptop on Boston Scientific's corporate  network....  I also tried using my cell phone as a hot spot (android T-mobile)
> 
> They or it could be blocking or corrupting your downloads unless bypassed, as most archives contain DLLs and/or exes.
> Mike:  CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor;  However, it allowed many other packages to be downloaded including the Cygwin shell and vi, both of which work fine.
> 
> To which paths are you downloading the archives, where are you installing the contents, and are both on a local drive in your desktop?
> Mike:  BSci IT sets up the laptop with user specific files on OneDrive
> 
> First try the base system install, let everything run to completion, then start the Cygwin terminal from the desktop shortcut.
> Mike: After repeated failures I let it run to completion ignoring the errors...  (that's how I tried cmake)
> 
> Check the contents of /var/log/setup.log.full for any errors and attach as text to a text post here.
> Mike:  Ah...  Each of the packages that fail to download have this error:
> get_url_to_file https://mirror.clarkson.edu/cygwin/x86_64/release/man-db/man-db-2.13.0-1.tar.zst C:\Users\cramem1\Downloads/https%3a%2f%2fmirror.clarkson.edu%2fcygwin%2f/x86_64/release/man-db/man-db-2.13.0-1.tar.zst.tmp
> 2024/10/30 11:04:19 HTTP status 403 fetching https://mirror.clarkson.edu/cygwin/x86_64/release/man-db/man-db-2.13.0-1.tar.zst

Thanks Mike,

Are all the failed downloads .tar.zst?

This could be a web proxy rule blocking unknown tar suffixes.

Are you running 11 24h2 and could this be your issue?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/apps-might-stop-working-on-windows-11-version-24h2-devices-with-falcon-sensor-428ee5f6-fd78-450a-aca6-13827fbb9dc2

[blocked to me!]
https://supportportal.crowdstrike.com/s/article/Tech-Alert-Windows-11-version-24H2-issue-causes-specific-applications-to-hang

Sounds like you need to work with your corp IT to deal with this.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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