On Sat 2018-07-14 (16:31), Achim Gratz wrote: > >> You have to install Cygwin, not "transfer". > > > > I have several 100 users, none of them is able to install cygwin and > > the packages they need the official way, they are way to *CENSORED* for > > this job :-} > > If they can follow your current instructions, they can surely start some > script that does this correctly?
I do not have a script which installs all needed packages. > > I give them my preconfigured cygwin.zip (or cygwin64.zip) and tell them to > > unpack it in C:\ > > > > http://fex.belwue.de/usecases/cygwin.html > > Whatever you call it, it's still cludgey nonsense that might or might > not work. Only when it's not working your users will really be unable > to figure out what to do since they won't even know what is failing. So far, it has worked for all my users. No one is complaining. > script that calls setup to install it and any other packages you need > (if not already installed by way of dependency). Setup can deal with > multiple package repositories, so you can use one of the official > mirrors as the primary package repository and only provide your package > as an add-on repository (like cygwin ports does). How do I write such a script? Is there documentation/examples about this? This install script must first download the cygwin base package, install it and then run setup with all needed cygwin packages. But at the very beginning, I do not have a shell at all? -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<87d0vp7uth.fsf@Rainer.invalid> -- 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
