X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46718E5B.4090308@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:52:11 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Batch installation, possibly without setup.exe? References: <86d4zy5zid DOT fsf AT lola DOT quinscape DOT zz> In-Reply-To: <86d4zy5zid.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 David Kastrup wrote: > Hi, > > if I want to install a version of Cygwin without user interaction > (optimally just dropping a bunch of files via unzip), is that > feasible? > > In particular: does setup.exe fiddle with the registry or other files > that can't be just overwritten as a whole? > > Obviously, one might want to have PATH adjusted, but apart from that? Your only supported approach is to use 'setup.exe'. See for more. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/