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Date: 22 Aug 2006 02:51:37 -0000
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Subject: attempt at command-line-based Cygwin installation
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From: "Paul S R Chisholm" <dtjta3402 AT sneakemail DOT com>
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I'm trying to do a custom, automated Cygwin install. I've read some earlier
messages on this list and elsewhere, and I thought I knew what to do, but it
hasn't worked out.

I did a manual GUI "download without installing" with the packages I wanted,
into C:\Download\Cygwin; then I ran (all on one line):

setup.exe --local-install --quiet-mode --no-shortcuts --root C:\Cygwin
--local-package-directory C:\Download\Cygwin

Good news: It put some file under C:\Cygwin\etc\ (I can't remember which). Bad
news: It didn't install anything else, and it certainly didn't install any 
packages. On reflection, that kind of makes sense. If I was doing a manual GUI
"Install from local directory", the next thing I would have to do is select
which downloaded packages should be installed; but in my command line
installation, I haven't told it to install any particular packages!

What am I missing?  --PSRC

P.S.: There were other details that didn't work out as well as I'd hoped.
Running setup.exe *starts* the installation; I don't know how to wail until the
installation is complete. I was also surprised that the "local install"
downloaded dozens of packages. Last, and definitely least, I was hoping the GUI
would never appear. I'll address this last issue through a process known as
"managing expectations".-)

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