Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > jameshanley39 wrote: > > I would like to be able to install cygwin with all the packages I > > want automatically, without having to select them all. > > > > > > (reason is actually because when things go wrong i would like to > > uninstall and reinstall cygwin, and i do not want to go through that > > screen selecting a dozen or two packages each time I want to > > install it) > > > > I guess it could be done with a windows program like AutoIt hitting > > arrow keys and maybe moving the cursor. But I am hoping there is a > > neater way, like through Cygwin. > > There are many ways to achieve this. The easiest, through > 'setup.exe', is just select "Install" for the "All" category in the > "Select Packages" page of 'setup.exe'.
I meant only install the ones I want. It seems that choosing install from internet, and selecting Install there will install absolutely everything. (choosing a local package, and doing that, will prob do nothing.. or install everything that is already installed). Either way, I have not tried and would not use that option. But I just wanted to have what I want installed automatically Not having to go through all the things if i wanted to remove and then install / "reinstall" cygwin. i checked the cygwin FAQ , since before I had only looked at the cygwin user manual. The solution for me is to keep the package directory separate from the cygwin program directory. e.g. c:\cygwin and c:\cygwinpk I Select what I want once, install. That makes my package directory as I want it. I Make a copy of the package directory. Then if i want to install cygwin again, I just remove the cygwin directory copy cygwinpk2 to cygwinpk (oddly does not work from win xp command prompt, but anyhow). And then I install cygwin, telling it to install from local directory, and I point it to my directory with the stuff i want. thanks -- -- 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/