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#410 Installer cannot download repository.txt

Milestone: v1.0 (example)

Status: open-works-for-me

Owner: niXman

Labels: None

Priority: 5

Updated: 2020-05-10

Created: 2014-07-03

Creator: Jon Schewe (BBN)

Private: No

I downloaded the installer from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/installer/mingw-w64-install.exe/download
I then ran the installer and after the first screen got a dialog that said:
Cannot download repository.txt[0]
I have tried running as administrator and still get the same error.

Discussion

diabolo38 - 2014-09-17

i'm having the same issue , certainly linked to my https poroxy (zscaler)
still diging for solution but did not founf any :(

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niXman - 2014-09-17

assigned_to: niXman
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Andy Pem - 2014-10-24

I am having this problem too. Is there any fix?

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niXman - 2014-10-29

https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/413/

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niXman - 2014-10-30

fixed, closed.

https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/mailman/message/32988620/

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- wang xiaojuan - 2017-04-26
  
  sorry,i'm still having this problom when trying the latest version from the webset,is there any possible reason? setting of anti-virus software?
  
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- Stephen Constable - 2017-06-26
  
  Not fixed, I'm still getting it. This is a work machine with various security measures on it (McAfee, Cisco, Avecto), could this be it?
  
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  - niXman - 2017-06-26
    
    https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/558/#99a5
    
    https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/?source=navbar
    
    Last edit: niXman 2017-06-26
    
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niXman - 2014-10-30

status: open --> closed-fixed
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Dani Moncayo - 2014-12-01

I've just got this error "Cannot download repository.txt [0]" with the current installer:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/latest/download

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Dani Moncayo - 2014-12-04

I'm attaching a screenshot of this bug, just got with the latest installer downloaded from:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/latest/download?source=typ_redirect

The MD5 of the installer is this:

c33aec60739c44f208f171a74235b742 *mingw-w64-install.exe

This bug should not have closed-fixed Status

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- niXman - 2014-12-04
  
  I heard you. Please be patient.
  
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Tim Hanson - 2017-03-07

Not sure if this is a recurring problem or if it's still there from before under certain circumstances, but I'm getting it now with mingw-w64-install.exe under windows 7 after confirming
sha256: 19b9a267a5b79913bf6a3a53cda83c3f7711cb6c879d48ccb97b4ed15c21fcf1

Any ideas about fixes or work-arounds?

Cheers, Tim

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- wang xiaojuan - 2017-04-26
  
  Hello Tim, have you resolve this issue? I am also getting this problem now
  
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niXman - 2017-03-07

status: closed-fixed --> open-works-for-me
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Ed Ferrari - 2017-05-10

Not to add insult to injury, but I'm getting the same error.

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Todd Hlavacek - 2018-05-11

I'll second Ed Ferrari above. I'm getting the same error on Windows 10 with the latest download.

Did it with run as administrator and without. Both failed. I even had an old mingw64 installer from January 2017 on another workstation so I used that one and got the same problem on this machine. These two installers worked on a Windows 7 box. (Date of attempts: 10 May 2018)

Last edit: Todd Hlavacek 2018-05-11

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zongzhimin - 2019-05-28

I put install file in D:/ and run as administrator ,It works ok;

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sktpin - 2020-02-10

Also getting this error. Doing as zongzhimin suggested does not help.
There is Norton Security installed on this machine, but it did not complain about anything.
To the contrary, the Norton log says that access to network resources by mingw-builds-install was granted.

EDIT: wait... I was apparently using an old link to a no longer updated repository of some years ago

Last edit: sktpin 2020-02-10

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Muhamad Okasha - 2020-05-10

Hi, I've downloaded the latest version but I'm still getting the same error https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/installer/mingw-w64-install.exe/download
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