From: Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com,
"furriner67@hotmail.com >> t s" <furriner67@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: cygwin setup program questions
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:46:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54630227.7040200@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <COL125-W348FFFA69F0E658F94773FCD8E0@phx.gbl>
On 11/12/2014 3:28 AM, t s wrote:
> I have some elementary questions regarding the cygwin setup program. I ran the latest version 2.852 (64 bit).
wrong mailing list.
Use main one for these questions
> the options are install / re-install / un-install / default
>
> my understanding is as follows;
>
> choosing "install" creates a new installation of the selected cygwin components
>
> choosing "re-install" uninstalls the selected cygwin components, then creates a new installation
>
> choosing "un-install" uninstalls the selected cygwin components
>
> choosing "default" updates the selected cygwin components
>
> so if I wish to update my local installation to the latest release, I would choose "default", as per the following screen capture;
>
> http://www.cpm86.com/default.jpg
>
> What is the function of the "keep" / "cur" / "exp" radio buttons?
>
> Please confirm my understanding of these four options. Thanks.
https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html#setup-packages
Regards
Marco
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2014-11-12 6:46 ` Marco Atzeri [this message]
2014-11-12 13:48 t s
2014-11-12 15:02 ` Achim Gratz
2014-11-13 18:27 t s
2014-11-13 23:05 ` Andrey Repin
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