X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:46:17 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to remove those previously downloaded packges? Message-ID: <20100504134617.GD12198@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1272943515.012273fd8dce4c8f9653a84215d660b7.hzgmaxwell@sohu.com> <1272952773.71daf73d1e3548068a889fdb786391d1.hzgmaxwell@sohu.com> <20100504134117.GC12198@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100504134117.GC12198@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:41:17AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 05:59:33AM +0000, hzgmaxwell@sohu.com wrote: >>Every time when I was installing a cygwin, I run the setup twice. >>The first time is to download only, then the second is to install from local directory. >> >>To doing like this is to keep the installed packages under a specified >>directory, then later on I can re-install from there if only I need to >>install cygwin again. > >It sounds like you're going to extra, unneeded work. You can just >install the packages using the default "Install from Internet". The >files will still be in the download directory when you're done. Sorry. I stopped typing too soon. I meant to mention this: http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.disk-space cgf -- 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