From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 116143 invoked by alias); 2 Nov 2016 19:05:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 116130 invoked by uid 89); 2 Nov 2016 19:05:44 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=jon, Jon, D*org.uk, Hx-languages-length:1613 X-HELO: mail-oi0-f49.google.com Received: from mail-oi0-f49.google.com (HELO mail-oi0-f49.google.com) (209.85.218.49) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 19:05:34 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f49.google.com with SMTP id v84so32005885oie.3 for ; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:05:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=3jqmdBMnD9fqf7SboKRjwlG7H9E+O+ks62cjAz+WOtY=; b=GLAzRkHfmxqOJ5vQbejErIjozSwRTiTUjHasj2rfwOIG/a7JK8yEx4+cLjXKuFEdV4 iivvBaUq7Tf82BYD0eNu44sbLHTLpovI2KX0RmL1m/pWJwp3y7vdA7V+NyJjJ2GI6Sok bj4WEhmm0pHN7+aRS1rhTwsAZnK5hVknZjw9dlJzPaVHe8LI7wWShlFirhjN0U4Ap/Cf CT+FamAaJVb4egCjSX/xetXnHG08zJrRz8T4Z+eJd2s1CnMvpMoYKKu35496lKgpiH+Y umMiDaM/YVHFNNSyf8SbtcAm+c7p26Z76yvKcLvQEdCsIygIXB2QoyDjI3myDeeVddYX zyPw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvc56eUlwMTSn/tyxD5bpDgRIxA2IuSBesRF1B+GDi7JCOfDVV0eT9bGgsJG+ErJqJGwjgHeXZCjYznShQ== X-Received: by 10.202.214.67 with SMTP id n64mr4055223oig.169.1478113533022; Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:05:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.157.9.5 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:05:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <900b70f7-7a0f-568e-5a13-2da924e0507d@dronecode.org.uk> References: <900b70f7-7a0f-568e-5a13-2da924e0507d@dronecode.org.uk> From: Keith Christian Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 19:05:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Command switches to remove categories of packages from an existing Cygwin installation To: Jon Turney Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-11/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Jon Turney 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