From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21385 invoked by alias); 7 Mar 2012 01:55:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 21377 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Mar 2012 01:55:17 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,TW_BZ X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-vw0-f43.google.com (HELO mail-vw0-f43.google.com) (209.85.212.43) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:55:03 +0000 Received: by vbbfq11 with SMTP id fq11so6163791vbb.2 for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:55:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.90.110 with SMTP id bv14mr262160vdb.118.1331085301844; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:55:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.166.34 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 17:55:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A5C2A9388@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A5C2A9388@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:55:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: tip for blind users of setup.exe regarding package installation From: Adam Puckett To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-q1/txt/msg00011.txt.bz2 I put it here to avoid being told to TITTTL. On 3/6/12, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > 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. > >