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Christoph Herdeg wrote:
> Hello Jonathan,
> 
> I can't stand seeing this question come up every week again... Yes, this is
> definitely possible, but due to Cygwin's completely crappy installer
> (setup.exe) it's a real pain in the ass. Given is a destination directory
> of "c:\cygwin":
> 
> - First you need to create a customized installation on one machine using
> the "Download Only" option in setup.exe.

Hold it right there. No - Back up one step. Then read Dave Korn's reply
about using setup.exe and it's wonderful assortment of command line
switches.

OK, now test out a few of these switches on a clean install machine.

See how you can easily specify a place to put the downloaded
packages, how you can tell the installer where to get packes
from, how to tell it which packages you want.

Imagine having a standard base install batch file for all your users,
then customized versions for sertain departments.

Then imagine doing this all with nothing more complicated than
a simple .bat file.

While you are busy hacking out a complex, hard to maintain scheme
for doing a custom install, I'll be sipping a latte and dreaming
of a world where everyone takes the time to think about using the
tools at hand instead of chipping their own axe out of rocks....

Ralph

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