X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 06:41:24 -0400 From: "Mirko Vukovic" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to backup Cygwin packages list? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Richard Ivarson wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to backup the packages list of my current Cygwin installation, ie > the config files which list which packages Cygwin got installed. > > So that I could take this configuration file(s) to another PC with fresh > Cygwin installation and get the same Cygwin programs I use on the other PC. > Or for re-installment, for example when the Cygwin folder has been lost. > > Which files would I have to backup to achieve that? > > Thanks! > > -ric > > /etc/setup/installed.db contains the list of installed packages and their version. Setting the version to zero will force setup to download and install the package. Mirko -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/