Install all packages from local repository?

Install all packages from local repository?

[Jim Garrison]

I need to create a "standard" Cygwin setup for a group of developers,
containing the defaults plus a customized selection of additional non-
default packages to be installed (ssh, vim, etc, about 70 total).

I have set up a local repository, on a network share, containing all the
packages that need to be installed.  I find however, that there's no
simple way to have setup.exe just install everything in the local
repository.  Each user has to go through the setup menu and individually
select all non-default packages, or they will not be installed.

The ultimate goal is to provide a batch script that runs setup.exe and
installs a pre-defined set of packages, either from a local repository
or from the Internet.  Ideally it runs headless but having to click
through the install dialogs is acceptable as long as the desired non-
default packages are selected without the user having to manually select
each one.

Is there anything in the local repository I can tweak to change the
install status of non-default packages so they will be installed?

As far as I can tell, the only way to do this currently is to 
explicitly list all the packages on the command line with the -P
option.  Is this the only way?

Any suggestions on how to best accomplish this would be greatly
appreciated.



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Re: Install all packages from local repository?

[Jon Clugston]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Jim Garrison <jim.garrison@troux.com> wrote:

...
>
> As far as I can tell, the only way to do this currently is to
> explicitly list all the packages on the command line with the -P
> option.  Is this the only way?

If it is being scripted, what is wrong with this option?

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Re: Install all packages from local repository?

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

31.10.2011 19:48, Jim Garrison пишет:
> I need to create a "standard" Cygwin setup for a group of developers,
> containing the defaults plus a customized selection of additional non-
> default packages to be installed (ssh, vim, etc, about 70 total).
>
   $ cat setup.bat
@echo off
setup.exe --local-install --package-manager --quiet-mode --packages ^
autoconf,^
automake,^
bash-completion,^
bison,^
bzr,^
curl,^
cvs,^
diffutils,^
doxygen,^
expect,^
flex,^
gcc,^
gcc-mingw,^
gcc4,^
gdb,^
git,^
git-completion,^
git-svn,^
make,^
mc,^
mercurial,^
openssh,^
openssl,^
perl,^
python,^
ruby,^
screen,^
subversion,^
unzip,^
vim,^
wget,^
zsh

and so on...

> I have set up a local repository, on a network share, containing all the
> packages that need to be installed.  I find however, that there's no
> simple way to have setup.exe just install everything in the local
> repository.  Each user has to go through the setup menu and individually
> select all non-default packages, or they will not be installed.
>
> The ultimate goal is to provide a batch script that runs setup.exe and
> installs a pre-defined set of packages, either from a local repository
> or from the Internet.  Ideally it runs headless but having to click
> through the install dialogs is acceptable as long as the desired non-
> default packages are selected without the user having to manually select
> each one.
>
> Is there anything in the local repository I can tweak to change the
> install status of non-default packages so they will be installed?
>
> As far as I can tell, the only way to do this currently is to
> explicitly list all the packages on the command line with the -P
> option.  Is this the only way?
>
> Any suggestions on how to best accomplish this would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
see above... and:

   $ ./setup.exe --help
Starting cygwin install, version 2.738
Current Directory: h:\cygwin

Command Line Options:
  -D --download                Download from internet
  -L --local-install           Install from local directory
  -s --site                    Download site
  -O --only-site               Ignore all sites except for -s
  -R --root                    Root installation directory
  -P --packages                Specify packages to install
  -C --categories              Specify entire categories to install
  -p --proxy                   HTTP/FTP proxy (host:port)
  -q --quiet-mode              Unattended setup mode
  -M --package-manager         Semi-attended chooser-only mode
  -h --help                    print help
  -l --local-package-dir       Local package directory
  -r --no-replaceonreboot      Disable replacing in-use files on next
                               reboot.
  -X --no-verify               Don't verify setup.ini signatures
  -n --no-shortcuts            Disable creation of desktop and start
                               menu shortcuts
  -N --no-startmenu            Disable creation of start menu shortcut
  -d --no-desktop              Disable creation of desktop shortcut
  -K --pubkey                  Path to extra public key file (gpg
                               format)
  -S --sexpr-pubkey            Extra public key in s-expr format
  -u --untrusted-keys          Use untrusted keys from last-extrakeys
  -U --keep-untrusted-keys     Use untrusted keys and retain all
  -A --disable-buggy-antivirus Disable known or suspected buggy anti
                               virus software packages during
                               execution.


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RE: Install all packages from local repository?

[Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]]

Oleksandr Gavenko sent the following at Monday, October 31, 2011 3:49 PM
>31.10.2011 19:48, Jim Garrison ?????:

Though I have no experience with it, I believe that one can create an
empty dummy package that "requires" what you want.

Try Googling < site:cygwin.com "setup.ini" requires dummy package > or
the like.

For example: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-11/msg00125.html

Note use of the BASE category.

Good luck,

- Barry
  Disclaimer:  Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.