Cygwin question

[alex wallis]

hi.
I have a feeling those commands the person told me about in the e mail while 
well meant might have been complete rubbish.
I can't figure out if there is a way of selecting packages from the command 
line though. in fact, I am having issues even getting the command line to 
work. I paste in stuff I want the setup to do, and then when i hit enter my 
laptop makes a horrible ear peercing noise from its speakers. and then it 
finally stops and does nothing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Masterson" <kd7cyu at yahoo.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Cygwin question


>I doubt it.  You have to be using the 1.7 version which at least for me is 
>setup-1.7.exe.  Then if you do setup-1.7.exe -h it looks like nothing 
>happens but it does create the log files.  It is strange to say the least. 
>I won't be near that computer again till Monday but I can paste the 
>contents of the file into a message then.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, alex wallis wrote:
>
>> hi.
>> Am I being completely stupid? I no you said run setup from the command 
>> line, however what I am doing simply starts the gui installer.
>> I am going to run, then typing in command, and then going to the folder 
>> which has setup.exe in and typing setup.exe
>> the gui installer is then launched.
>> am I being completely stupid?
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Masterson" <kd7cyu at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: Cygwin question
>>
>>
>>> If you run "setup-1.7 -h" from the commandline it will gnerate a log 
>>> file and a .log.full file in the same directory.  These files will 
>>> explain the command-line options.  Which are not the same as explained 
>>> in the email. I still haven't gotten them to work 100% correctly but at 
>>> least it is a start.  A better option would be to make the setup 
>>> accessible but...
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Tony Baechler wrote:
>>>
>>>> alex wallis wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You can do things like:
>>>>>
>>>>> setup -q -n -D -L %SITE% %LOCALDIR% %PACKAGES%
>>>>>
>>>>> if you set up environment variables for SITE, LOCALDIR, and
>>>>> PACKAGES.
>>>>> Note that PACKAGES should be a comma separated list of packages
>>>>> you want to install with NO SPACES between entries.
>>>>> All the dependencies ar looked after automagically.
>>>>
>>>>> first off, does anyone no what that first lot of command line switches 
>>>>> do before the % bits where you have to enter the various options?
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Since 1.7 is a test release, I doubt if anyone knows besides the 
>>>> developers. Have you read the 1.7 user's guide?  Links can be found in 
>>>> the mailing list archives.  There is a big html file and smaller files. 
>>>> I'd think that would list what the command line switches do.
>>>>
>>>>> also, rightly or wrongly, I have tried entering the info about the 
>>>>> packages I want to download into a shortcut I created to the cygwin 
>>>>> setup on my desktop, along with all the info for the mirror site I 
>>>>> want to use, and the local folder. the setup runs, and it seems to 
>>>>> download the base set of packages no problem, but it completely 
>>>>> ignores the list of custom packages I have entered. does anyone have 
>>>>> any thoughts why this might be?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Did you set the environment variables like it says above?  Did you try 
>>>> from a command prompt with them set?  You're aware that Windows has a 
>>>> limit on length of command lines, right?  What if you install them in 
>>>> smaller chunks instead of all at once?  You didn't list what OS you're 
>>>> using, so there might be a Vista limitation, especially if you're not 
>>>> the administrator.  If you've tried everything including setting the 
>>>> env vars and followed any instructions in the manual and it still 
>>>> doesn't work, file a bug.  After all, it is still a test release and 
>>>> things ard bound not to work, especially in Vista and 2003/2008 server.
>>>>
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