From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13097 invoked by alias); 30 Oct 2014 22:27:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13080 invoked by uid 89); 30 Oct 2014 22:27:21 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,URI_HEX autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: sam.nabble.com Received: from sam.nabble.com (HELO sam.nabble.com) (216.139.236.26) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:27:20 +0000 Received: from [192.168.236.26] (helo=sam.nabble.com) by sam.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1XjyBa-0004rQ-5d for cygwin@cygwin.com; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:27:18 -0700 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:27:00 -0000 From: Don MacDougall To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <1414708038168-112334.post@n5.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <319337147.20141029151332@yandex.ru> References: <1405864858950-109904.post@n5.nabble.com> <53CBFFD1.4030808@cornell.edu> <1413844739487-112040.post@n5.nabble.com> <5445C04A.3000407@cornell.edu> <1413864414772-112047.post@n5.nabble.com> <54465853.3040000@cornell.edu> <1414134682090-112141.post@n5.nabble.com> <24713230.20141024153002@yandex.ru> <1414559159086-112282.post@n5.nabble.com> <319337147.20141029151332@yandex.ru> Subject: Re: Setup 2.774 texlive postinstall takes 10+ hours MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2014-10/txt/msg00547.txt.bz2 >> ...if there is a way (to begin again to install default packages) without >> starting over >> from scratch I'd be interested in a pointer to any documentation on it. > > Since you've already downloaded the packages, you can just remove the > installed directory (don't remove setupXXX.exe or mirror copies! Only the > directory where you've it installed) and restart setup in "install from > local directory" mode. > That'd be the fastest way. You'll just have to re-run setup afterward to > update installed components from internet. Thank you for the advice. I moved the installed directory (29 GB) aside and restarted the install, carefully avoiding changing any of the default settings, and this time it finished in a couple of minutes and the install directory is only 158 MB and I find a cygwin terminal and am able to do routine bash commands, so I presume that all is working. So, why the postinst scripts failed to run before, now becomes an academic matter for me. Thanks again for the help. Don MacDougall -- View this message in context: http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Setup-2-774-texlive-postinstall-takes-10-hours-resending-due-to-cygwin-bounce-tp92260p112334.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple