Re: bash: cygpath: command not found

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 6/15/2011 10:03 PM, jairo supelano wrote:
> Hi, i require to use cygpath, and this is supposed to come with standard
> installation. i get this message, first i tried default installation, tough i
> may have changed install defaults in the first try (i dont remember if i changed
> them in the first try), but if i did, it was to add new packgages (bitmap libs,
> gcc, xml and i believe something else but i dont rememebr what; i did this
> because i am trying to run a project from source forge, and it said it required
> those libs -except from gcc and opnegl, which i added by my account-). the thing
> is, starting from scratch, i did not remove any defaults from the default
> installation, though during installation, i got messages that some packages had
> not a correct dm5 checksum, and it asked me if i wanted to skip those, and i
> said yes (i assumed that if those packages were skipped or installed
> incorrectly, they would be updated the next time i runned the setup program), so
> anyway, i believe i downloaded the first time from 'http:idaho.edu' (once again,
> i am not sure), or whatever, in any case i need that utility and there is no
> cygpath in my installation. so i try to run setup, and i tell it to 'reinstall'
> the packages i believe may have something to do with cygpath, or that may
> contain cygpath, including 'admin', 'utils', 'system', 'shells' and others, i
> believe i told it to install 'utils' in full, but cygpath still does not appear
> anywhere. i googled 'cygwin cygpath not found',a nd there was a thread in a
> postgres list about the cygpath.exe something, and in the thread they suggest to
> reinstall from scratch. in my case, or in any case that would be nasty; i
> installed many packages, i dont remember wich ones, and i dont want to do this
> all again, and if i try to install from scratch again, and the mirror also has
> bad checksums or bad packages (no way to tell until the install is in progress),
> then i am wasting my time, so is there any way to download the cygpath.exe and
> write in the folder manually, and if so, where do i download it and where do i
> copy it? (windows xp, installing for all users)

If you're getting messages about checksum problems, you're either having a
problem with a particular mirror or your connection.  If it's the former,
try a different mirror.  If it's the latter, try a better connection. ;-)

<http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=cygpath.exe> tells you the
package that cygpath comes in.  Given that it's in the package with the
Cygwin DLL, if you're not getting that package installed, you don't have a
valid Cygwin installation yet.  Your best bet is to resolve the installation
problem first.

--
Larry

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