X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5caea3690909281242s5506a817tfd2c073ca281ebf@mail.gmail.com> References: <5caea3690909281242s5506a817tfd2c073ca281ebf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:27:36 +0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin Set up - Migrate to new machine From: Alexey Borzenkov To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Kevin Holleran wrote: > I am building a new laptop and was wondering if there was a way I > could copy some ini or setup file from cygwin to the new one so that > the cygwin installer would install the same packages as opposed to > having to go through and tweak the install to get it the way I want it > again. Assuming you are using Cygwin 1.7 I've created a script for myself, that allows me to make a stripped down install cmd that would reinstall all packages that I had installed, see: http://kitsu.ru/cygwin-reinstall-cmd.py It has mirror and cygwin directory names hard coded (change them to what you use), and prints out commands that you can redirect to e.g. cygwin-reinstall.cmd. Unless you have way too many packages it should also fit into Windows command line limit... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple