Re: Cygwin install automation.

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Alejandro Sánchez Acosta wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need to install cygwin in some machines but I don't want to use a
> internet connection for that. I have tried to copy the ftp dir entries
> with the downloaded packages to the other computers and run setup.exe
> with a local installation without any luck.
>
> Anyway I would like to do a programmed installation where I can install
> cygwin in some machines with default packages without using the
> wizard/druid. Is there other way to install cygwin with a config file?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alejandro.

Google for "cygwin unattended install".  You'll still have to use the
setup program, but there are a couple of recipes out there.  Also,
<http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/package-server.html> might be
relevant.
	Igor
-- 
				http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/
      |\      _,,,---,,_		pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_		igor@watson.ibm.com
     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D.
    '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  Meow!

"I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route
to the bathroom is a major career booster."  -- Patrick Naughton

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/