Re: Manage Cygwin packages in command-line (without using graphical Setup.exe)

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>]

Salokine Terata wrote:
> Dear Cygwin users,
> 
> I have installed Cygwin on few PC; To install Cygwin, I use graphical
> setup method to install vim, rsync and openssh packages.
> 
> Now I would like to install cron on all PC. Could I use SSH service and a
> command line to install cron package ?
> 
> How can manage Cygwin without go on all PC and reload Setup.exe.
> 
> My goal is to manage all my PC with my server via "dsh -f list.pc.txt --
> aptitude -y install cron" or something like.
> Is there an equivalent of aptitude or apt-tools ? How to manage the
> cygwin distribution (update package list from repository
> and upgarde all cygwin)

<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.automated>
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cli>

> I found Setup.exe options: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-03/msg00526.html
> But I don't understand how manage list of packages.

There was talk about this in the past.  I forget where it ended up.  But
you don't really need a list of packages if you have a local package
directory with all the packages you want to install.  If some are already
installed at the current version, those will be skipped.  Of course, doing
this through 'ssh' means you need the OpenSSH server to have access to
the desktop, assuming you're PCs are < Vista.  See the '-i' switch on
cygrunsrv.

> Optional Question: Is there an official wiki for Cygwin project ?

No.  The Cygwin site is the place to go for official, supported information.

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