"unable to get setup.ini" error during Cygwin installation

While installing cygwin I'm getting the following error

unable to get setup.ini

What is the reason?

I'm newly studying Unix. So Please guide me in this.

ioraraj

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation:

How you try to install cygwin and which Linix? – Kiril Kirov – 2011-05-29T15:21:20.107

@KirilKirov: There is no Linux involved; Cygwin is a Unix-like environment for Windows. – Keith Thompson – 2011-10-25T18:24:04.227

Answers

I had to switch from setup.exe to setup-x86.exe or setup-x86_64.exe.

emallove

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation: 432

3This worked for me too. Just went to cygwin.com and downloaded setup-x86_64.exe and it ran perfectly. Thanks! – Nathan Wallace – 2013-08-06T13:24:45.970

5Cygwin recently changed the formatting of their mirror's folder structure to support both x86 and x64. Because of this setup.exe downloaded before this change no longer work due to them looking for the ini at ftp.someMirrorName.com\cygwin where the new location is ftp.someMirrorName.com\cygwin\x86 – Scott Chamberlain – 2013-08-08T04:35:52.360

And here are the direct links for setup-x86.exe and setup-x86_64.exe as of 2013-10-23.

– wip – 2013-10-23T08:34:48.613

I think you just need go to [http://www.cygwin.com/] to download the latest setup.exe file. actually, the error msg tells you that it can not find the setup.ini file, yes, the setup file changed the location.

Matz

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation: 211

I was getting the same problem, when I selected "Direct connection to internet", then I did change it to "Use Internet Explorer Proxy Settings" and it worked so good... try and let me know..

Narendran Perumal

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation: 31

Same here. Probably attributed to my being behind a corporate firewall. – urig – 2011-12-05T14:53:18.880

Try -X on the command line to setup.exe, worked for me.

The "Use Internet Explorer Proxy Settings" did not work for me.

Tim

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation: 11

I was having this problem when running setup.exe from a network drive. When I copied setup.exe to my local drive, it ran correctly.

dsolimano

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation: 2 778

The setup.exe installer lets you select one of several dozen download locations (mirrors). The setup.ini file is downloaded from the mirror you select. If that fails, the first thing I'd try is to pick a different mirror.

It's also possible that you need to change the proxy settings (direct connection vs. IE proxy settings), as others have mentioned.

Keith Thompson

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation: 4 645

What is the URL that follows that message ? Is there any ?

Doing a quick search on google I found that broken URLs causes that message.

See, for instance: http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/install/cygwin.html

If you get the error message Unable to get setup.ini from http://prc-tools[...], check the URL you added and add it again if necessary. Most people who have encountered this message have eventually found that it was caused by a mere typo, such as the addition of a trailing space to the URL.)

Try to download the URL directly in a browser. If you get 404 error, then you found the problem, and you should pickup another mirror download site on cygwin.

Also, I would really recommend installing Ubuntu sideways with Windows, if you're going to really study *nix systems.

Niloct

Posted 2011-05-29T15:18:27.517

Reputation: 121