X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,EXECUTABLE_URI,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4ACD6F69.20806@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:49:45 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: wise way to install cygwin packages References: <20091008002529.4236cfd1@travel> In-Reply-To: <20091008002529.4236cfd1@travel> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 10/08/2009 12:25 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: > On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 20:41:53 +0800 > Steven Woody wrote: >> 3. So, after I do some other clicks to really deselect the PB, I have >> to go back to deselect PA again! > ... >> This make the operation very very hard to perform. > > I agree. And even for simple operations I find it a bother to have to > start up a gui to install a package or check for updates. > > It would be great to have a command-line package management tool. For > example, if yum were ported to Cygwin, for the case you cite, you could > do this: > > $ yum remove PA PB > > I would love to make a contribution like porting yum. (But don't wait > for me.) I believe the current answer to both of these needs is the setup program for the upcoming Cygwin 1.7 release . 'setup-1.7.exe -h' shows you the command line options and has a convenient '-P' switch to allow you to specify the packages you want to install. Sorry, no "All" or "All minus foo, bar". The setup program for Cygwin 1.5 also has some command line options (though they print to "setup.log") but the "-P" is missing. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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