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I'm trying to install cygwin on my Windows 7 machine.

I get the setup by starting the install on http://www.cygwin.com/. I choose "Install from Internet" (which links to http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe), then select successively in the Wizard:

  • All users + Unix text files
  • local package directory = C:\Cygwin
  • direct connection
  • download site = mirror.cs.vt.edu (I tried a few others and ran into similar problems; if there is one in particular someone highly recommends, I will gladly try it).

I get a warning "The current ini file is from a newer version of setup.exe. If you have any trouble installing, please download a fresh version from http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe", but as far as I understand, that's exactly what I just downloaded to start this. Then I get parse errors. I have no idea where I am going wrong, or where I would go to get the correct setup.exe. Any suggestions?

Joe Mabel
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Delete the setup.exe that's on your hard drive and try again. Alternatively, try downloading from http://mirrors.kernel.org; I just tried it and it works for me. The new version should be 2.721 (as it appears on the spash screen).

andand
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  • @Joe Mabel: It's happened to me a time or two. They update the setup.exe periodically, and ... well it doesn't always work quite the way it should. – andand Aug 30 '10 at 01:08
  • You'd think the error message would indicate that you have to delete your existing one. – Joe Mabel Aug 30 '10 at 01:12
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    Works for me. I would have thought it would have more upvotes, after being useful on a key issue of cygwin for 5 years. – user3391229 Apr 30 '15 at 21:51