Re: Errors installing make and ninja

Thanks for the suggestions.  I have tried several mirrors.  My laptop is managed by my company and the anti-virus software can only be disabled by an administrator.  The company does not give developers administrative rights on their computers.
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From: Andrey Repin <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:58 AM
To: Worlton, Charles <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Errors installing make and ninja

Greetings, Worlton, Charles! > I wanted to installed make and/or ninja on Windows 11, but it is failing with the following error: > Downloaded > C: \Users\cworlto\Downloads/https%3a%2f%2fcygwin. mirror. constant. com%2f/x86_64/release/make/make-4. 4. 1-2. tar. xz


Greetings, Worlton, Charles!

> I wanted to installed make and/or ninja on Windows 11, but it is failing with the following error:

> Downloaded
> C:\Users\cworlto\Downloads/https%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f/x86_64/release/make/make-4.4.1-2.tar.xz
> The following package(s) had download errors:
>   w32api-runtime-14.0.0-1

1. Disable antivirus.
2. Try a different mirror.

> I downloaded the latest setup package today.

> $  md5sum.exe setup-x86_64.exe
> 673a4601b130923753f30ed36bf4d5b6 *setup-x86_64.exe

> cworlto@AUTOqQT2wr8zYPJ MINGW64 ~/Downloads
> $ ls -l setup-x86_64.exe
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 cworlto 1049089 1574328 Apr 29 15:17 setup-x86_64.exe*

> When searching for a resolution, the posts suggest that this file might be
> for a 32-bit installation of Cygwin.  My installation should be a 64-bin installation.

> Any suggestion on how to get around this would be appreciated.



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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, April 30, 2026 09:58:05

Sorry for my terrible english...



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