From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16788 invoked by alias); 26 Feb 2019 03:12:30 -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 16731 invoked by uid 89); 26 Feb 2019 03:12:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=tuesday, Tuesday, automate, Greetings X-HELO: mail-it1-f181.google.com Received: from mail-it1-f181.google.com (HELO mail-it1-f181.google.com) (209.85.166.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 03:12:27 +0000 Received: by mail-it1-f181.google.com with SMTP id m137so1887287ita.0 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:12:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=FpQUB7tBgGLSYvn73oztYE2npJ8ktk/RtZdj+YXvLGA=; b=e1TW03M9P/kbvl0QBmU2wiGyB65rK8mUqjsibauUq1wU23OQnaBa45K+CgmcKHNiQX GuoFMLskgJdbIIUqql738+T/tSleigmH27gAAUUOuWgQNon1LdszKeJOxWbRL55lYPrQ 64tDhNZc9x8ITPdDytc5Cq9NY9Cjx/YiCJp/iV4x4K4GECfUg//xiBaqwAS5QkPtbRQ1 Z+0AHYHXip3JuM8wAgzA5NB73xth1bWOth8SLUz4AxtP3IivsgZ3AZDKV5CkGg+mmRqI 8vrohBmZ1aYfvDagO8hLrtoKD+xpyZhnvH1iS1v3hQ1MHyJw1I8kHkOud1z/F1uTsh+0 Y/xg== MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1233089882.20190226010143@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <1233089882.20190226010143@yandex.ru> From: Keith Christian Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 04:12:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Setup 2.895, don't install everything, striking a balance To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-02/txt/msg00426.txt.bz2 On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 3:05 PM Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Keith Christian! > > > Thank you for all the work you do on Cygwin and especially the > > setup.exe program. > > > I saw this warning: > > https://cygwin.com/install.html > > Q: How do I install everything? > > A: You do not want to do this! This will install an enormous > > number of packages that you will never use, including debuginfo and > > source for every package. > > > I downloaded the x64 setup.exe and requested a complete install over > > the weekend. As stated in the warning above, the download and the > > (attempted) install consumed all of a 128Gb disk which also had > > Windows 10 on it. > > > Is there a way to request a complete install of everything EXCEPT > > debuginfo and source? If not, it is going to be difficult to obtain a > > full Cygwin install along with a successful installation. > > As stated in the FAQ entry, you do not need a full Cygwin install. > Nobody do, not even Cygwin developers. > Write down the names of packages you need, and automate their installation > via > script, if you reinstall systems often. > > > -- > With best regards, > Andrey Repin > Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:00:33 > > Sorry for my terrible english... > Andrey, Thanks for the info, but I like to try everything Cygwin has and it=E2=80= =99s more efficient to simply install everything. Time is valuable, it would really be nice to have the option to install all of the binaries at the same point. 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