Cygwin Installation Problems on Windows Vista (solved): gnuplot.sh the process hangs
Posted On 2007-12-19
by Dr. Zee
Being using cygwin for years with XP, however when attempting to
install everything (every package as I usually do) on new Vista
computer, the installation script gets stuck during the post install
step.
During /etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh the process hangs. Anyone else
find a problem with this???
Ive even cancelled the installation, manually deselected the gnuplot
package, but same thing happens.
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Kevin Hilton
For getting the installation to keep going, killing off an sh.exe process via Task Manager's End Process, moves things along. This also seems to need to be done for "texf" (I think that was the name) package.
At least we get to the final setup screen this way :-)
Chris Lent
I've managed to successfully install cygwin on Vista without any hangs.
The way to do it is to:
1 - disable UAC
2 - rename cygwin's setup.exe to something else, like foo.exe
3 - run foo.exe as an administrator
It seems Windows Vista Installer detection heuristics kicks in once setup.exe is started and it then messes something up. The way to avoid this is to rename setup.exe to something else which doesn't have "setup" or "install" in its name.
Hope this helps.