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Cygwin not installing properly

I've downloaded Cygwin here( setup-x86_64.exe). I have chosen to install from local directory. Root directory: C:\cygwin64 . Local package directory: C:\Users\hp\Downloads. And there's no packages to install. How do I fix this? mintty.exe does not exist on my bin folder.

Solution

  • When you choose “Install from Local Directory”, Cygwin will try to pull packages from your cache. In my case, my cache is:

    C:\ProgramData

    My mirror is:

    http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/

    and my packages can be found:

    C:\ProgramData\http%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f\x86_64\release
C:\ProgramData\http%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f\noarch\release

    Unless you have stuff there, you will be unable to install anything. Better option is to choose “Install from Internet”. This will download packages if needed.