Andrey Repin <anrdaemon <at> yandex.ru> writes: >> When I wanted to replicate my cygwin installation from a 32-bit >> machine to another 32-bit machine, it was straightforward. I would >> simply reinstall all installed packages, but have the downloaded >> packages got to a folder which I then burn to CD. >> >> However, my next machine is a 64-bit machine. So I have to use the >> 64-bit setup. Is there an almost-as-painless way to replicate the >> 64-bit version of the packages that I have installed on my 32-bit >> machine? > > You contradicting yourself. 64-bit packages are entirely different > files than 32-bit packages.
Yes, I understand. I was referring to the 64-bit versions of my 32-bit packages. It took quite some period of discovery to determine my operational needs and the packages required. I'm hoping to avoid that re-experiencing that. > Your only option is to download all of them. One way or another. OK. > Also keep in mind that not all of packages are ported over to 64bit > yet. Worse comes to worse, I'll simply install my 32-bit packages. As I said, the method of replicating the subset of packages that I already have is straightforward. > If this may be an important factor in your decision to switch over > to 64-bit installation, you'd have to do some investigation first. > I.e. install 64-bit OS in virtual machine and try some things you > normally do in your daily use. I'm migrating to a new machine. I'll just try the 64-bit for real on the new machine. If it doesn't work out, I always have a disc of my subset of 32-bit packages. Thanks! -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
