Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:56:20 -0500 To: Darius DOT Clynes AT cec DOT eu DOT int, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: RE: Minimal install In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <3A917A65.0000000E@Enterprise-E.direcpc.com> At 02:45 PM 2/19/2001, Darius DOT Clynes AT cec DOT eu DOT int wrote: >Do I have to watch out for windows nt or windows 2000 registry entries? >If so, what are the minimal requirements, ie mounts etc. Not unless your program requires "/" mounted as something other than "c:" and text mode file access. TMP/TEMP may need to be set to some existing directory however. All this can be controlled by your program though if you need something special. Or, it can be done externally by some script. >Is there a "super" minimal option in the standard >cygwin installation that does take care of registry entries, etc >if necessary and just puts the: > >Cygwin1.dll (+sources to satisfy the GPL). > >in the right place and adds the appropriate registry entries? No but if you run setup and choose the Cygwin package, that' close. You still have to choose things but if you use the defaults then the selections should be minimal. >There may be other DLLs your >application relies on which I don't know about. > > > >At 02:15 PM 2/19/2001, Darius DOT Clynes AT cec DOT eu DOT int wrote: > >Hi, > > > > I have ported/developed several large unix / X windows >applications > >under cygwin using the exceed xdk for xlibs and as a an X server. > > > >They are running very nicely on my development machine. > > > > Now I want to create a minimal installation to test a user installation, > >just > >necessary executables, and no development environment, etc. > >. > > > >What is the best way to do this -- (and don't say a full installation of > >cygwin.. please, don't say that!) > > > >What is the minimum i need? > > >Cygwin1.dll (+sources to satisfy the GPL). There may be other DLLs your >application relies on which I don't know about. > > > >Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com >118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com] > >Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:37 PM > >To: CLYNES Darius (SCIC) > >Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > >Subject: Re: Minimal install > > > > > >So the real question is, what else do I have to install to get this to > >work? Is this correct? You've installed only those items you > >mention. > >I know that there are now enough portals controlled by setup.ini that > >I'm actually going to tell you what else to install. > > > >Here is a minimal user installation: > >ash > >bash > >bzip2 > >clear > >cygwin > >diff > >file > >fileutils > >findutils > >gawk > >grep > >groff > >gzip > >less > >man > >patch > >sed > >shellutils > >tar > >termcap > >texinfo > >textutils > >time > >vim > > > >If you want to do development add: > >autoconf > >automake > >binutils > >bison > >byacc > >flex > >gcc > >gdb > >gdbm > >gettext > >gperf > >m4 > >make > >mingw > >ncurses > >opengl > >perl > >readline > >regex > >tcltk > >w32api > > > >Good luck, > >Earnie. > > > >P.S.: I may have more than enough but I could also have missed > >something > >important. Allowing setup to install all packages is the best option > >for support from this list. > > > >_________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple