From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder@niaid.nih.gov>
To: "cygwin-talk@cygwin.com" <cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: tip for blind users of setup.exe regarding package installation
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:11:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A5C2A9388@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> (raw)
Adam Puckett sent the following at Monday, March 05, 2012 10:59 AM
>
>Here's how I went about installing Cygwin via setup.exe with the free,
>open source screen reader NVDA:
>
>1. Download and run setup.exe, and click "Next" at each prompt, as the
>user guide says, for a core install.
>2. Install additional packages with the -P option. E.G.:
>
>setup -P gcc -P git -P bzr -P python
>
>etc.
(1) Shouldn't this have been appropriate for the main list, not talk?
(2) This sounds like it might work as a basic for the generic "automatic
install" question that periodically shows up on the main list. Might it
be appropriate for a FAQ or somewhere else in the documentation or on the
web site? (Not that I have tried this or that it matters to me.)
- Barry
Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
next reply other threads:[~2012-03-07 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-07 1:11 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] [this message]
2012-03-07 1:55 ` Adam Puckett
2012-03-07 3:45 ` Christopher Faylor
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2012-03-07 11:12 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2012-03-07 11:21 ` Corinna Vinschen
2012-03-07 15:23 ` Christopher Faylor
2012-03-07 20:36 ` Adam Puckett
2012-03-05 15:58 Adam Puckett
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