From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>
To: LMH <lmh_users-groups@molconn.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: best way to re-install and keep cygwin configuration
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:20:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <176672993.20120713050916@mtu-net.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FFF12A6.5000100@molconn.com>
Greetings, LMH!
> I am getting ready to re-install XP and I would like to avoid having to
> completely redo my cygwin install. Is there a way to export the current
> settings (installed packages, etc) and then re-import it after re-install?
Just pack up the installation directory, and splash it somewhere afterward.
You'll have to regen the /etc/passwd and /etc/group, unless you're running in
domain environment.
On an unrelated note, install Cygwin on a separate partition next time. :)
> I was thinking of just copying my cygwin_install directory that has
> setup.exe and the mirror folders
Totally unnecessary. If you've maintained your installation for quite some
time, updating regularly, then setup cache contains lots of obsolete packages.
Would be much, much faster to just burn it and download new setup.exe when you
need it.
> and then reintroducing that to the new install, or just copying the entire
> cygwin root folder as well.
--
WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 13.07.2012, <05:04>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-13 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-12 18:08 LMH
2012-07-12 20:10 ` Earnie Boyd
2012-07-12 20:28 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2012-07-12 20:31 ` Earnie Boyd
2012-07-12 20:39 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2012-07-12 20:44 ` K Stahl
2012-07-12 21:04 ` LMH
2012-07-12 21:42 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2012-07-13 1:20 ` Andrey Repin [this message]
2012-07-13 2:14 ` LMH
2012-07-13 5:53 ` Mark Geisert
2012-07-13 15:59 ` James Johnston
2012-07-13 15:32 ` ping
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