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* Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?
@ 2020-01-21 19:17 Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin
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From: Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin @ 2020-01-21 19:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: marco atzeri (marco.atzeri@gmail.com); +Cc: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'

> attached my solution to re-install or duplicate the packages of an existing installation.

Thank you, Marco!  I'll give that a try.


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* Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?
@ 2020-01-31 14:06 KARL BOTTS
  2020-01-31 14:13 ` Ulli Horlacher
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From: KARL BOTTS @ 2020-01-31 14:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin


>>> Cygwin is totally portable! You can simply copy the installation folder
to
>>> another PC, copy the shortcut (edit target if needed) and it will work.

>> How do you copy it?
>> Which archive container do you use?

I have been using this approach for years.

To a new naked Windows box, if you can "mount" it over the network, e.g., map
a drive letter to it, then you can use cygwin tools from an existing box with
cygwin, to copy cygwin to the new.  I usually use cygwin tar, but I think 'cp
-a' will work.  I think in the past, I have used robocopy.  The key is the
links and symlinks: normal Windows tools won't get them right.

For upgrades, once cygwin is on both boxes, I always use tar.  I've got this
down to pretty much routine.  I do it once or twice a year.  I upgrade cygwin
on one box, vet it for a few days, then upgrade several others.  I untar into
an empty dir, then use native cmd.exe 'move' to swap the dirs.

Be sure to use 64-bit cygwin.  The 32-bit used to work, but now and then I
would have to fuss with "rebase".  I have never had that problem with the
64-bit.  


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* Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?
@ 2020-01-21  0:58 Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin
  2020-01-21  1:27 ` Brent Epp
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From: Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin @ 2020-01-21  0:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'

Hi List,

I have a question, is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?

Like I have installed whatever packages I selected on some PC, then maintained that installation for a while,
doing upgrades etc.  Now I need to install the exact same set on another PC.  Can I pull up a list and use it
in a sort of a batch install with setup.exe?  I want to avoid to dumb-copy the entire C:\cygwin tree from one PC to another,
rather use a semi-automatic install procedure from scratch, if possible, using the list of packages that I need.

Thanks for all the insights you can provide.

Cheers,
Anton


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2020-01-21  1:27 ` Brent Epp
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2020-01-31 11:29     ` Ulli Horlacher
2020-01-31 12:05       ` Ulli Horlacher
2020-01-31 12:54       ` Thomas Wolff
2020-01-31 14:06         ` Ulli Horlacher
2020-02-01 10:05           ` Andrey Repin
2020-02-01 11:21             ` BGINFO4X
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2020-01-21  2:33   ` Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin
2020-01-21  2:55     ` Brent Epp
2020-01-21  4:46 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-01-21 20:33 ` Achim Gratz
2020-01-28 21:35 ` Andrey Repin
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