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Re: Setup.ini file for Silent Install
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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