cygwin installation

Question

i am trying to install cygwin on my laptop running Windows 7 64 bit. according to the official site, it is recommended to download and install individual packages as it takes much time. so i installed one by one but the problem is that at the end of every installation, an error appears. "Download incomplete. Try again?" is this doing it because i haven't installed all packages or because the download for the package i chose was incomplete/unsuccessful? if the latter, how can i fix this problem?

i am downloading from the mirror sites. http://mirrors.xmission.com and http://mirrors.kernel.org

Answer 1

Now finally I have my cygwin Setup which is setup-x86_64.exe worked on my machine:

So during the Installation or Cygwin Setup,

the point where one reach to Select Your Internet Connection

Select the radio button for Use Internet Explorer Proxy Settings

Now the next windows will be Select Packages

And Select Desired Packages:

Example: python ssh vim emacs

Install and enjoy..

Answer 2

Cygwin setup finally worked for me, - “make: * No targets specified and no makefile found"

Cygwin 32bit for windows 8 64bit system crashed a lot of time, finally i deleted the earlier downloaded files and then again i choose mirrors.kernal.org (Also others may work), this time at 99% it crashed but i had chosen "TRY AGAIN - NO" it skipped some library and finish its process. But it worked work for me, when i tried make command in the shell i got "“make: * No targets specified and no makefile found" . Which means success.

Refer - www.ee.ryerson.ca/~courses/ee8218/cygwin.doc‎

Thank you.

Answer 3

Try to run the setup.exe as Administrator. It worked for me. Right-click on the exe -> Run as Administrator.

Answer 4

On my Windows 7 machine using the standard setup.exe found here has worked. Individual packages can be installed and removed by running the setup.exe at any time