Cygwin Silent Install
Hi all, I am running into a small yet difficult situation with packaging Cygwin.
The requirement for the package is that Cygwin must be distributed with all the compilers, software, etc... available to download.
The silent install function merely installs the basic sh, nothing else is tagged along, correct that...a very limited amount of programs were tagged along. But I would like to include atleast a set of compilers, a few more shells, nano, vim, etc....
I have AdminStudio, but the repackaging isn't going so well.... any suggestions?
The requirement for the package is that Cygwin must be distributed with all the compilers, software, etc... available to download.
The silent install function merely installs the basic sh, nothing else is tagged along, correct that...a very limited amount of programs were tagged along. But I would like to include atleast a set of compilers, a few more shells, nano, vim, etc....
I have AdminStudio, but the repackaging isn't going so well.... any suggestions?
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Posted by:
kiptek
16 years ago
I have not touched this in a while, but last i remember you had to edit the setup.ini file to "trick" the setup.exe into thinking that everything is part of the base then you could do an unattended install... you should be able to google that solution or look in the ibm forums...
Posted by:
Terry.eagle
16 years ago
have you had any success with editing the setup.ini file?
i had tried to set this up using wise capture but each time i ran into little problems.
i had tried to set this up using wise capture but each time i ran into little problems.
Posted by:
aogilmor
16 years ago
shells, nano, vim, etc....
what kind of problems are you having repackaging?
Posted by:
Mr.CE
13 years ago
Hello,
i want to deploy Cygwin unattended too.
i use the switches like -q -d -l "source" -R "target path" -L...
i also changed the setup.ini (changed the "category: *" into "category: base" in every package) so every package is installing.
it's workin well, but during the quiet installation (-q) the user can click "cancel".. i was not able to finde anything to deactivate this button.
/verysilent and so on do not work.
another point is:
if the user clicks "cancel" and aborts the installation, the "deploymentserver" doesnt notice that. it seems like "installed" :(
i hope someone can help me!
i want to deploy Cygwin unattended too.
i use the switches like -q -d -l "source" -R "target path" -L...
i also changed the setup.ini (changed the "category: *" into "category: base" in every package) so every package is installing.
it's workin well, but during the quiet installation (-q) the user can click "cancel".. i was not able to finde anything to deactivate this button.
/verysilent and so on do not work.
another point is:
if the user clicks "cancel" and aborts the installation, the "deploymentserver" doesnt notice that. it seems like "installed" :(
i hope someone can help me!
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did you (or anyone else) ever figure out how to install cygwin kind of verysilent?
right now i´ m trying to do so... local install working fine so far but if a user is still able to cancel the installation is a no go... - ganJAHman 4 years ago
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