Setup.ini file for Silent Install
Dave Korn
dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Thu Mar 25 11:39:00 GMT 2010
On 25/03/2010 09:02, Jonathan Cummings wrote:
> Sir/Madam,
Please feel free not to stand on formality round here :)
> Is it possible to get a setup.ini file to use along side
> setup.exe to allow us to install cygwin on multiple servers in our
> organisation? -I would then like to add the details of the packages to be
> installed in to the setup.ini file for a silent installation across network
> on to our windows servers.
Setup.exe doesn't use a .ini file, but it does accept command-line arguments
to do all the things you want, so instead of a .ini file you could just
distribute a .bat file that contained the correct invocation.
If you run "setup.exe --help", it will (according to windows version) output
help instruction either to the console or to a setup.log file in the current
directory:
> Command Line Options:
> -D --download Download from internet
> -L --local-install Install from local directory
> -s --site Download site
> -O --only-site Ignore all sites except for -s
> -R --root Root installation directory
> -P --packages Specify packages to install
> -C --categories Specify entire categories to install
> -p --proxy HTTP/FTP proxy (host:port)
> -q --quiet-mode Unattended setup mode
> -M --package-manager Semi-attended chooser-only mode
> -h --help print help
> -l --local-package-dir Local package directory
> -r --no-replaceonreboot Disable replacing in-use files on next
> reboot.
> -X --no-verify Don't verify setup.ini signatures
> -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start
> menu shortcuts
> -N --no-startmenu Disable creation of start menu shortcut
> -d --no-desktop Disable creation of desktop shortcut
> -K --pubkey Path to extra public key file (gpg
> format)
> -S --sexpr-pubkey Extra public key in s-expr format
> -u --untrusted-keys Use untrusted keys from last-extrakeys
> -U --keep-untrusted-keys Use untrusted keys and retain all
> -A --disable-buggy-antivirus Disable known or suspected buggy anti
> virus software packages during
> execution.
You're going to want -q for automated installation and then your choice of
-P or -C options for the set of packages you want installed.
cheers,
DaveK
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