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@section Using Cygwin
@subsection My application cannot locate cygncurses5.dll!!!
@subsection Why can't my application locate cygncurses5.dll? or cygintl.dll? or cygreadline5.dll? or ...?
If you upgraded recently, and suddenly vim (or some other Cygwin
application) fails with this message, it means that you did not follow
these instructions properly:
application) cannot find @code{cygncurses5.dll}, it means that you did
not follow these instructions properly:
@file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00124.html}. To
repair the damage, you must run setup.exe again, and re-install the
repair the damage, you must run Cygwin Setup again, and re-install the
@samp{libncurses5} package.
Note that setup won't show this option by default. In the ``Select
packages to install'' dialogue, click on the @samp{Full/Part}
Note that Cygwin Setup won't show this option by default. In the
``Select packages to install'' dialogue, click on the @samp{Full/Part}
button. This lists all packages, even those that are already
installed. Scroll down to locate the @samp{libncurses5} package.
Click on the ``cycle'' glyph until it says ``Reinstall''. Continue
with setup.
with the installation.
Similarly, if something cannot find @code{cygintl.dll}, then run
Cygwin Setup and re-install the @samp{libintl} and @samp{libintl1}
packages.
For a detailed explanation of the general problem, and how to extend
it to other missing DLLs (like cygreadline5.dll) and identify their
containing packages, see
@file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-01/msg01619.html}.
@subsection Why is Cygwin suddenly @emph{so} slow?