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Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:29:28 +1000
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Subject: Re: install from install files?
From: Robert Mark Bram <robertmarkbram DOT cygwin AT gmail DOT com>
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> > Is there some way I can re-create one big setup.ini file from my current
> > computer, and just have setup use that on the new computer ?
>
> =A0Yes. =A0The information about which packages you actually have install=
ed lives
> in /etc/setup/installed.db. =A0If you copy over the installed.db from the=
 old
> machine to the new one (in the correct place where it's going to live in =
the
> eventual new cygwin installation, i.e. C:\cygwin\etc\setup\installed.db if
> you're going to install to C:\cygwin), run setup.exe, tell it to install =
from
> the local package dir that you've already copied across and on the choose=
r page
> click 'reinstall' at the top level of the package tree view, it should th=
en
> install the same set of packages.

Excellent tip - thank you DaveK.. I will use this one.

Rob
:)

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