On 2023-11-22 9:53 am, Jose Isaias Cabrera via Cygwin wrote:
I have a new Win11 PC, and I wanted to capture the same Cygwin setup
that I have in another Win10 PC. I copied the C:\cygwin64 folder from
the Win10 pc to the Win11 pc, then I downloaded a fresh
setup-x86_64.exe from cygwin.com to the win11 PC. I ran it and chose
"Install from Local Directory" and only one shortcut for "Cygwin64
Terminal" was created on the desktop. No Cygwin nor Cygwin-X folders
were created on the Start menu. The original cygwin from the Win10 PC
had X installed also.
Any idea how to get this done automatically? I know I can go and create
folders manually, etc., but it kind of a pain. Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.
josé
Unfortunately you can't "just copy it" because Cygwin sets up file
permissions and creates symlinks in very particular ways. Even using
WinRAR in Admin mode with all the capturing things turned on won't give
you an exact copy.
To create a snapshot of a Cygwin installation you have to do it within
Cygwin itself and then unpack it in another Cygwin environment. The
best option is this:
1. On the source: tar -vczf /cygwin64.tgz /etc /sbin /usr /var
2. Install only base-cygwin on the new machine using setup.exe
3. Unpack on the new machine: cd /; tar -vxzf /cygwin64.tgz
If you just want to duplicate the package selection this trick is all
you need.
1. Get the current list: cygcheck -cd |perl -ane '$\=","; print $F[0]'
2. Ignore the "Cygwin,Package" at the front.
3. Copy all that and put it as the command line argument to setup.exe -P
You can see setup options with setup.exe -h.
HTH, thanks.
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