Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:57:31 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: semi-automated installation and/or updates
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On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:34:05AM -0600, Tom Schutter wrote:
>I have seen various scripts that do semi-automated installation and/or
>updates of Cygwin, but none seemed to have all of the features that I
>wanted.  So I wrote yet another batch file which can be found at:
>
>  https://github.com/tschutter/AppData/blob/master/bin/cygwin_setup.bat
>
>Features of this batch file:
>* Mostly hands-free, except for stopping of running Cygwin
>  processes and configuration of newly installed services.
>* Stops and starts Cygwin services.
>* Lists running Cygwin processes (setup.exe informs you that
>  they are running, but does not list them).
>* Fetches latest setup.exe from cygwin.com.
>* Installs standard set of packages.
>* Updates all installed packages.
>* Runs rebaseall.
>* Installs standard services (syslogd, sshd).
>* Installs cyglsa.
>
>Most likely you will want to edit the configuration section at about
>line 48 to change the package list, install dir, and mirror site.
>
>Please feel free to use for whatever nefarious purposes you would like.
>Suggestions and improvements are welcome.
>
>As a bonus feature, I also wrote an uninstall script:
>
>  https://github.com/tschutter/AppData/blob/master/bin/cygwin_uninstall.bat
>
>The uninstall script attempts to do all of the steps listed at:
>
>  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all

If people like these packages maybe they could become part of the
distribution.  We get enough requests for something like this so I
think it would make sense to have something official.

Assuming you're willing to provide support here of course.

cgf

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