From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12370 invoked by alias); 21 Jan 2020 01:27:26 -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 12361 invoked by uid 89); 21 Jan 2020 01:27:25 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=H*r:sk:filter0, nih, NIH, H*i:sk:SN6PR09 X-HELO: qrelay141.mxroute.com Received: from qrelay141.mxroute.com (HELO qrelay141.mxroute.com) (172.82.139.141) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:27:24 +0000 Received: from filter004.mxroute.com (unknown [116.203.155.46]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by qrelay141.mxroute.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79871120978 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:27:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from eagle.mxlogin.com (unknown [23.92.74.70]) by filter004.mxroute.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE43A3E994 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:27:20 +0000 (UTC) From: Brent Epp To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:27:00 -0000 Message-ID: <16fc5b76c50.2780.a1382e26d1292f71ec6ef0cd03d49346@pdc.ca> In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: AquaMail/1.7.0-80 (build: 100700001) Subject: Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-AuthUser: brent@pdc.ca X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00169.txt.bz2 Sorry, this reply was meant to go the list but I was using a different mail client and it replied directly. ______________________ Cygwin is totally portable! You can simply copy the installation folder to another PC, copy the shortcut (edit target if needed) and it will work. I've done this numerous times for this exact reason. You may also want to copy the package directory and setup log if you want to update the installation on the clone.  Cheers   - Brent  On January 20, 2020 18:59:09 "Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin" wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a question, is there a way to clone-install Cygwin? > > Like I have installed whatever packages I selected on some PC, then > maintained that installation for a while, > doing upgrades etc. Now I need to install the exact same set on another > PC. Can I pull up a list and use it > in a sort of a batch install with setup.exe? I want to avoid to dumb-copy > the entire C:\cygwin tree from one PC to another, > rather use a semi-automatic install procedure from scratch, if possible, > using the list of packages that I need. > > Thanks for all the insights you can provide. > > Cheers, > Anton > > > -- > 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 > -- 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