* Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10 @ 2015-09-22 12:25 Xi Shen 2015-09-22 16:29 ` Brian Inglis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Xi Shen @ 2015-09-22 12:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Hi, On Windows 7, the setup program is able to remember last install location. But on Windows 10 64 bit, the installation root is always "c:\cygwin64", and the package location is always "current_dir\cygwin64". I think some register key is messed up? Thanks, David -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10 2015-09-22 12:25 Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10 Xi Shen @ 2015-09-22 16:29 ` Brian Inglis 2015-09-23 9:20 ` Andrey Repin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Brian Inglis @ 2015-09-22 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Xi Shen <davidshen84 <at> gmail.com> writes: > On Windows 7, the setup program is able to remember last install > location. But on Windows 10 64 bit, the installation root is always > "c:\cygwin64", and the package location is always > "current_dir\cygwin64". > > I think some register key is messed up? Install directory can be seen using: $ reg query HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Cygwin\\setup /s or $ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir ) and the package directory using: $ fgrep -A1 last-cache /etc/setup/setup.rc -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10 2015-09-22 16:29 ` Brian Inglis @ 2015-09-23 9:20 ` Andrey Repin 2015-09-23 12:46 ` Brian Inglis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Andrey Repin @ 2015-09-23 9:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Brian Inglis, cygwin Greetings, Brian Inglis! > $ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir ) > and the package directory using: Err, why not just cat /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir ? "Avoiding cats at all costs" ? -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, September 23, 2015 12:14:39 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10 2015-09-23 9:20 ` Andrey Repin @ 2015-09-23 12:46 ` Brian Inglis 2015-09-23 14:11 ` litter 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Brian Inglis @ 2015-09-23 12:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On 2015-09-23 03:15, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Brian Inglis! > >> $ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir ) >> and the package directory using: > > Err, why not just > cat /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir No \n after value so appears at start of prompt, and could be missed. Suggestion puts it on a separate line. > ? > "Avoiding cats at all costs" ? I see no (explicit) cats in my suggestion ;^> -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10 2015-09-23 12:46 ` Brian Inglis @ 2015-09-23 14:11 ` litter 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: litter @ 2015-09-23 14:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On 2015-09-23 14:46, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2015-09-23 03:15, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Brian Inglis! >> >>> $ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir ) >>> and the package directory using: >> >> Err, why not just >> cat /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir > > No \n after value so appears at start of prompt, and could be missed. > Suggestion puts it on a separate line. Neat -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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