RE: What is the most painless way to move Cygwin to another box?

[David Christensen]

Wes S wrote:
> What is the most painless way to move Cygwin to another box?

I've developed the habit of taking copies of the C:\cygwin\setup folder
from time to time (usually before an update) and putting them into a
date/time stamped folder (e.g. "holgerdanske-cygwin-20090412").  I also
download both binaries and source code for all packages.  This gives me
a couple of options:

1.  I can install matching copies of Cygwin on multiple machines.

2.  If Cygwin breaks, I can move the entire C:\cygwin folder aside (e.g.
backup), create a new C:\cygwin, copy in one of my saved \setup trees,
reinstall from the local packages, and then move over my data and
configuration files (e.g. restore).

3.  I can burn disks and/or install Cygwin on other people's machines
and be in compliance with the GPL.


HTH,

David


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What is the most painless way to move Cygwin to another box?

[Wes S]

Maybe I'm not getting things but this seems to be a problem I can not 
get my head around.

I have two w2k boxes on a home network.  No domain controllers, just 
a home network.

The box that has the install that works fine for me needs to have 
cygwin moved over to another box while I reinstall windows to fix 
some issues that are not cygwin related.

I can't just copy files over, the administrator account can't access 
some files.  It can take over ownership and then access them but I'm 
assuming the various programs set permissions for a reason.  I trust 
you guys more than I trust me on this stuff.

How do I move this install?  Is there a FAQ for it?  

Thanks,

Wes

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