From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
To: Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Setup 2.895, don't install everything, striking a balance
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:10:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1233089882.20190226010143@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFWoy7HCZUSOpwMs9V2ufs_RKxKZeszrt+BDKe2amzwVTQ4Npg@mail.gmail.com>
Greetings, Keith Christian!
> Thank you for all the work you do on Cygwin and especially the
> setup.exe program.
> I saw this warning:
> https://cygwin.com/install.html
> Q: How do I install everything?
> A: You do not want to do this! This will install an enormous
> number of packages that you will never use, including debuginfo and
> source for every package.
> I downloaded the x64 setup.exe and requested a complete install over
> the weekend. As stated in the warning above, the download and the
> (attempted) install consumed all of a 128Gb disk which also had
> Windows 10 on it.
> Is there a way to request a complete install of everything EXCEPT
> debuginfo and source? If not, it is going to be difficult to obtain a
> full Cygwin install along with a successful installation.
As stated in the FAQ entry, you do not need a full Cygwin install.
Nobody do, not even Cygwin developers.
Write down the names of packages you need, and automate their installation via
script, if you reinstall systems often.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:00:33
Sorry for my terrible english...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-25 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-25 18:57 Keith Christian
2019-02-25 20:21 ` Keith Christian
2019-02-25 22:10 ` Andrey Repin [this message]
2019-02-26 4:12 ` Keith Christian
2019-02-26 6:52 ` Denis Excoffier
2019-02-27 15:38 ` Keith Christian
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