Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: non-interactive cygwin setup Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:01:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Oct 2004 12:01:07.0720 (UTC) FILETIME=[52A8A080:01C4B11C] Note-from-DJ: This may be spam > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Rainer Hochreiter > Sent: 13 October 2004 08:32 > is there a chance to install cygwin without gui dialog? > > my plan is to download all needed packages into a local directory > and then install the packages from that local directory by starting > setup from a command line without further user interaction. "setup.exe --help" gives this output, which for some bizarre reason it places in the setup.log file... 2004/10/07 10:19:09 Starting cygwin install, version 2.437 2004/10/07 10:19:09 Current Directory: C:\install-cyg 2004/10/07 10:19:09 Command Line Options: -D --download Download from internet -L --local-install Install from local directory -s --site Download site -R --root Root installation directory -q --quiet-mode Unattended setup mode -h --help print help -l --local-package-dir Local package directory -r --no-replaceonreboot Disable replacing in-use files on next reboot. -5 --no-md5 Suppress MD5 checksum verification -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts -N --no-startmenu Disable creation of start menu shortcut -d --no-desktop Disable creation of desktop shortcut -A --disable-buggy-antivirus Disable known or suspected buggy anti virus software packages during execution. Ending cygwin install cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/