On Nov 22 23:44, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 at 17:15, Eliot Moss via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > > > > On 11/22/2023 10:43 AM, Bill Stewart via Cygwin wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 7:53 AM Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote: > > > > > > I have a new Win11 PC, and I wanted to capture the same Cygwin setup that > > > I > > >> have in another Win10 PC. I copied the C:\cygwin64 folder from the Win10 > > >> pc > > >> to the Win11 pc, then I downloaded a fresh setup-x86_64.exe from > > >> cygwin.com to the win11 PC. I ran it and chose "Install from Local > > >> Directory" and only one shortcut for "Cygwin64 Terminal" was created on > > >> the > > >> desktop. No Cygwin nor Cygwin-X folders were created on the Start menu. > > >> The > > >> original cygwin from the Win10 PC had X installed also. > > >> > > > > > > I don't think "Install from Local Directory" means "reproduce same cygwin > > > installation on a separate computer". > > > > In fact, it means to install using the package files in some local > > directory, > > i.e., "assume the packages are already downloaded". > > > > It would be reasonable to copy over downloaded packages. > > > > I believe there are commands / techniques that would then make it fairly > > easy to install that specific set of packages "from scratch" (but from > > the local copy of the packages). Copying *installed* file hierarchies > > is trickier because of permission / ownership concerns. > > Does Cygwin have a way to dump the list of installed packages, and > feed that list back to Cygwin setup.exe?
You just call `cygcheck -cd' and create a tiny script massaging the output into a comma-separated list. This you can feed into a setup-x86-64.exe -P call. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
