* Command switches to remove categories of packages from an existing Cygwin installation @ 2016-10-29 19:58 Keith Christian 2016-11-01 13:05 ` Keith Christian 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Keith Christian @ 2016-10-29 19:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin While I use a few X11 packages, I find that I don't need the KDE or GNOME categories. Are the command line switches to remove KDE and GNOME the following? setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE Is there a setup-x86.exe switch to avoid downloading and installing GNOME and KDE categories so that a separate remove command is not necessary? I'd rather put this (e.g. setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE) in a batch file to avoid clicking around in the Cygwin Setup GUI to avoid installing or re-installing GNOME and KDE categories. Thanks in advance. -- 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] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Command switches to remove categories of packages from an existing Cygwin installation 2016-10-29 19:58 Command switches to remove categories of packages from an existing Cygwin installation Keith Christian @ 2016-11-01 13:05 ` Keith Christian 2016-11-01 13:42 ` Jon Turney 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Keith Christian @ 2016-11-01 13:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com> wrote: > While I use a few X11 packages, I find that I don't need the KDE or > GNOME categories. > > Are the command line switches to remove KDE and GNOME the following? > > setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE > > Is there a setup-x86.exe switch to avoid downloading and installing > GNOME and KDE categories so that a separate remove command is not > necessary? > > I'd rather put this (e.g. setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE) in a batch > file to avoid clicking around in the Cygwin Setup GUI to avoid > installing or re-installing GNOME and KDE categories. > > Thanks in advance. Any feedback on this question? Would rather not destroy the Cygwin install on my work computer if there is a problem with my SWAG at removing GNOME and KDE categories. Thanks in advance, again. Keith -- 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] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Command switches to remove categories of packages from an existing Cygwin installation 2016-11-01 13:05 ` Keith Christian @ 2016-11-01 13:42 ` Jon Turney 2016-11-02 19:05 ` Keith Christian 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Jon Turney @ 2016-11-01 13:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Keith Christian, cygwin On 01/11/2016 13:04, Keith Christian wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Keith Christian wrote: >> While I use a few X11 packages, I find that I don't need the KDE or >> GNOME categories. >> >> Are the command line switches to remove KDE and GNOME the following? >> >> setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE Sadly, it seems that the repeated option is not handled correctly by setup at the moment, so you will need to use the syntax setup-x86.exe -c GNOME,KDE >> Is there a setup-x86.exe switch to avoid downloading and installing >> GNOME and KDE categories so that a separate remove command is not >> necessary? >> >> I'd rather put this (e.g. setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE) in a batch >> file to avoid clicking around in the Cygwin Setup GUI to avoid >> installing or re-installing GNOME and KDE categories. It's a bit unclear why you would need to do this more than once. If these packages keep getting reinstalled because of dependencies, then perhaps you really do need them. >> >> Thanks in advance. > > > Any feedback on this question? Would rather not destroy the Cygwin > install on my work computer if there is a problem with my SWAG at > removing GNOME and KDE categories. -- 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] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Command switches to remove categories of packages from an existing Cygwin installation 2016-11-01 13:42 ` Jon Turney @ 2016-11-02 19:05 ` Keith Christian 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Keith Christian @ 2016-11-02 19:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jon Turney; +Cc: cygwin On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> wrote: > On 01/11/2016 13:04, Keith Christian wrote: >> >> On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Keith Christian wrote: >>> >>> While I use a few X11 packages, I find that I don't need the KDE or >>> GNOME categories. >>> >>> Are the command line switches to remove KDE and GNOME the following? >>> >>> setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE > > > Sadly, it seems that the repeated option is not handled correctly by setup > at the moment, so you will need to use the syntax > > setup-x86.exe -c GNOME,KDE > >>> Is there a setup-x86.exe switch to avoid downloading and installing >>> GNOME and KDE categories so that a separate remove command is not >>> necessary? >>> >>> I'd rather put this (e.g. setup-x86.exe -c GNOME -c KDE) in a batch >>> file to avoid clicking around in the Cygwin Setup GUI to avoid >>> installing or re-installing GNOME and KDE categories. > > > It's a bit unclear why you would need to do this more than once. If these > packages keep getting reinstalled because of dependencies, then perhaps you > really do need them. > > >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> Any feedback on this question? Would rather not destroy the Cygwin >> install on my work computer if there is a problem with my SWAG at >> removing GNOME and KDE categories. > Thanks, Jon. I usually install everything using the GUI, hence, GNOME and KDE have a reason to be there. Is there a command line option to install everything EXCEPT certain categories? Keith -- 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] 4+ messages in thread
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