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Re: Unable to use Mintty - Fresh Install


Regarding the dll it is indeed in the same folder , just checked it. I
even tried installing Cygwin on a friend's computer and it worked on
the first try. Perhaps my sistem is faulty or is there an special way
to install it under windows 8.1 ?

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/21/2014 7:58 PM, Warren Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path
>>>
>>>
>>> this is curious
>>
>>
>> Itâs happening because heâs not running cygcheck under Cygwin, since
>> Cygwin wonât start on his system.  Hence, c:\cygwin\bin isnât in the path.
>>
>> This is also why it skips all the package checks, and why it complains
>> about things like awk not found.
>
>
> And it is also why the output is not very useful.
>
> There is no need for cygwin\bin to in the path, but
> cygcheck should be run there.
>
> Regards
> Marco
>
>
>
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