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Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?
Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via cygwin writes:
> I have a question, is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?
Multiple, but if you like to do it without any extra tools you'll have
to cheat a little.
> 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.
One way to do that is to take /etc/setup/installed.db from the old
system an drop it to the same place in the new system, then run
setup.exe and "reinstall" all packages. You'll have to re-do all
customization steps that wereN#t done as part of the installation
itself, but you seem to know that already.
Regards,
Achim.
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