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From: Rainer Hochreiter <rainer AT hochreiter DOT at>
Subject:  RE: non-interactive cygwin setup
Date:  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:41:32 +0200
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:01:07 +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> -----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

hello dave,

another question regarding non-interactive setup:

how can i control whether i would to install for "Just Me" or 
"All Users", and Default Text File Type should be "DOS" or "Unix"?

cheers, rainer



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