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Subject: Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine
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On Jan 13 09:49, Chris Taylor wrote:
> Adrian Maier wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am looking for a quick and easy way to install cygwin on other computers 
> >so
> >that it contains exactly the packages that i need,  other customisations 
> >and
> > other programs built manually.
> >
> >In order to do that, I have simply zipped the entire c:\cygwin directory ,
> >put it on a cd,  and unzipped it on the other computer.
> >
> >Unfortunately, this does not seem to be enough  ( the cygwin simply doesn't
> >run ).
> >
> >My question is:  what are the settings required by cygwin to operate
> >normally?   (  i guess it needs some environment variables and/or
> >registry settings ).
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Adrian Maier
> >
> 
> You also need the contents of HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions
> This contains your mount points.
> 
> Note that they'll need editing if the drive you're running it on isn't C:

Can we please refrain from pointing to the registry all the time?

You can check out your mount points by `mount -m > my_mounts', edit
the my_mounts file at will, copy it over to the bin directory on the
target system, and then check the mount points in by starting bash
from explorer and just call `. my_mounts'.

There's even a FAQ entry IIRC.


Corinna

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