Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin?

[Ulli Horlacher]

On Fri 2020-01-31 (12:29), Ulli Horlacher wrote:

> > On Mon 2020-01-20 (19:28), Brent Epp wrote:
> > 
> > > 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. 
> > 
> > I have tried it with:
> > 
> > /: cat zip.bat
> > cd C:\
> > \7z\7za a -tzip -xr!cygwin64/home/* -xr!cygwin64/var/log/* tmp\cygwin64.zip cygwin64
> 
> > Next problem is: the file permissions will not be restored.
> 
> And all symbolic links have been extracted as regular files :-(

Next try with tar container:

On the source host I used:

cd /cygdrive/c
tar --one-file-system --exclude=cygwin64/var/log/* --exclude=cygwin64/home/* -cvzf /cygdrive/c/tmp/cygwin64.tgz cygwin64

I transfered this cygwin64.tgz to the destintion host and tried to extract
it:

C:\>ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.592]

C:\>tar --version
bsdtar 3.3.2 - libarchive 3.3.2 zlib/1.2.5.f-ipp

C:\>tar -xzf cygwin64.tgz
cygwin64/bin/apropos: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\apropos'
cygwin64/bin/awk: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\awk'
cygwin64/bin/bzcmp: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\bzcmp'
cygwin64/bin/bzegrep: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\bzegrep'
cygwin64/bin/bzfgrep: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\bzfgrep'
cygwin64/bin/bzless: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\bzless'
cygwin64/bin/captoinfo: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\captoinfo'
cygwin64/bin/dnsdomainname: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\dnsdomainname'
cygwin64/bin/domainname: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\domainname'
cygwin64/bin/ex: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\ex'
cygwin64/bin/infotocap: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\infotocap'
cygwin64/bin/lzcat: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzcat'
cygwin64/bin/lzcmp: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzcmp'
cygwin64/bin/lzdiff: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzdiff'
cygwin64/bin/lzegrep: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzegrep'
cygwin64/bin/lzfgrep: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzfgrep'
cygwin64/bin/lzgrep: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzgrep'
cygwin64/bin/lzless: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzless'
cygwin64/bin/lzma: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzma'
cygwin64/bin/lzmore: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\lzmore'
cygwin64/bin/reset: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\reset'
cygwin64/bin/rnano: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\rnano'
cygwin64/bin/rvi: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\rvi'
cygwin64/bin/rview: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\rview'
cygwin64/bin/rvim: Can't create '\\\\?\\C:\\\\cygwin64\\bin\\rvim'
^C

(I have started the cmd shell as administrator)


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