I've had this problem with my installation as well and solve it by using the Windows XP Service Pack 2 compatibility mode (selectable in the Properties window of the Cygwin setup.exe executable).
It installs fine now... hope it works out for you too. Kevin Hilton-3 wrote: > > 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. > > -- > Kevin Hilton > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Installation-Problems-on-Windows-Vista-tf3542482.html#a10216408 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
