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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Cygwin Newsgroup" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
   "Oliver Geisen" <technik AT kreisbote DOT de>
References: <da240a29d2945be9355aaf544fb01f67 AT kreisbote DOT de>
Subject: Re: Clone cygwin-setup settings from one PC to another
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:11:52 +0100
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Oliver Geisen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is it possible to find out which packages installed via SETUP.EXE on
> one PC and use
> this information (selection) to automatically install the same on
> another PC ?
>
> e.g. something like:
>    cygsetup > mypacks.ini
>
>    setup.exe -install mypacks.ini


Not at all as neatly as this, but after a fashion, sort of:

Save a copy of the /etc/setup/installed.db file, and change all the version 
numbers in it to 0.
Put the modified version of the file into the correct place on the second 
computer before starting setup.

Max.


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