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Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?
- From: "KARL BOTTS" <kdbotts at usa dot net>
- To: "cygwin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:06:08 -0600
- Subject: Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?
- Z-usanet-msgid: XID824yaEogi1040X32
>>> 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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Karl Botts, kdbotts@usa.net
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