Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/10/15/12:52:44
Hi!
I apologize if this question is already covered somewhere else, but I
didn't find anything with a simple search of the mailing list... I'm
of course also happy for pointers to answers to be found somewhere
else...
(Possibly naive) question: Is it possible to copy a whole cygwin
installation from one computer and copy it to a different computer
(replacing that machine's cygwin installation)?
If yes - does this work across different versions of Windows?
If no - is there any way of getting at least close to something like
an easy replication of a cygwin installation?
I suppose that simply copying the folder will result in permission
problems (due to different owners etc.). But maybe it is still
somehow possible...?
The reason I'm asking is that I'm distributing some (free) software
of mine which requires at least some UNIX administration skills to
install (MySQL, Apache, DBI, Perl, etc.).
However, many potential users 1) don't have these skills and 2) run
Windows rather than UNIX. If it were possible to send them a DVD with
a complete installation, things would become a lot easier for
everybody involved... ;-)
Many thanks in advance for any kind of help!
Sebastian
PS: I live in a UNIX/Mac world - so I can't try this out myself. In
fact, I'm happy I finally managed to get hold of an old 300Mhz
Windows-box to fiddle with things...
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