script for installing cygwin?

script for installing cygwin?

[jameshanley39]

I would like to be able to install cygwin with all the packages I want
automatically, without having to select them all.


(reason is actually because when things go wrong i would like to
uninstall and reinstall cygwin, and i do not want to go through that
screen selecting a dozen or two packages each time I want to install it)

I guess it could be done with a windows program like AutoIt hitting
arrow keys and maybe moving the cursor. But I am hoping there is a
neater way, like through Cygwin.

thanks


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Re: script for installing cygwin?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

jameshanley39 wrote:
> I would like to be able to install cygwin with all the packages I want
> automatically, without having to select them all.
> 
> 
> (reason is actually because when things go wrong i would like to
> uninstall and reinstall cygwin, and i do not want to go through that
> screen selecting a dozen or two packages each time I want to install it)
> 
> I guess it could be done with a windows program like AutoIt hitting
> arrow keys and maybe moving the cursor. But I am hoping there is a
> neater way, like through Cygwin.

There are many ways to achieve this.  The easiest, through 'setup.exe', is
just select "Install" for the "All" category in the "Select Packages" page
of 'setup.exe'.

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Re: script for installing cygwin?

[jameshanley39]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:

> jameshanley39 wrote:
> > I would like to be able to install cygwin with all the packages I
> > want automatically, without having to select them all.
> > 
> > 
> > (reason is actually because when things go wrong i would like to
> > uninstall and reinstall cygwin, and i do not want to go through that
> > screen selecting a dozen or two packages each time I want to
> > install it)
> > 
> > I guess it could be done with a windows program like AutoIt hitting
> > arrow keys and maybe moving the cursor. But I am hoping there is a
> > neater way, like through Cygwin.
> 
> There are many ways to achieve this.  The easiest, through
> 'setup.exe', is just select "Install" for the "All" category in the
> "Select Packages" page of 'setup.exe'.

I meant only install the ones I want.

It seems that choosing install from internet, and selecting Install
there will install absolutely everything.
(choosing a local package, and doing that, will prob do nothing.. or
install everything that is already installed). Either way, I have not
tried and would not use that option.

But I just wanted to have what I want installed automatically

Not having to go through all the things if i wanted to remove and then
install / "reinstall" cygwin.

i checked the cygwin FAQ , since before I had only looked at the cygwin
user manual.

The solution for me is to keep the package directory separate from the
cygwin program directory. e.g. c:\cygwin and c:\cygwinpk  I Select what
I want once, install. That makes my package directory as I want it.
I Make a copy of the package directory.

Then if i want to install cygwin again, I just  remove the cygwin
directory  copy cygwinpk2 to cygwinpk (oddly does not work from win xp
command prompt, but anyhow).  And then I install cygwin, telling it to
install from local directory, and I point it to my directory with the
stuff i want.

thanks


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Re: script for installing cygwin?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

jameshanley39 wrote:

<snip>

> 
> But I just wanted to have what I want installed automatically
> 
> Not having to go through all the things if i wanted to remove and then
> install / "reinstall" cygwin.
> 
> i checked the cygwin FAQ , since before I had only looked at the cygwin
> user manual.
> 
> The solution for me is to keep the package directory separate from the
> cygwin program directory. e.g. c:\cygwin and c:\cygwinpk  I Select what
> I want once, install. That makes my package directory as I want it.
> I Make a copy of the package directory.
> 
> Then if i want to install cygwin again, I just  remove the cygwin
> directory  copy cygwinpk2 to cygwinpk (oddly does not work from win xp
> command prompt, but anyhow).  And then I install cygwin, telling it to
> install from local directory, and I point it to my directory with the
> stuff i want.


Glad you found the solution to your problem in the FAQ.  We like when
people look there as well as at other documentation. :-)


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