>> ...if there is a way (to begin again to install default packages) without >> starting over >> from scratch I'd be interested in a pointer to any documentation on it. > > Since you've already downloaded the packages, you can just remove the > installed directory (don't remove setupXXX.exe or mirror copies! Only the > directory where you've it installed) and restart setup in "install from > local directory" mode. > That'd be the fastest way. You'll just have to re-run setup afterward to > update installed components from internet.
Thank you for the advice. I moved the installed directory (29 GB) aside and restarted the install, carefully avoiding changing any of the default settings, and this time it finished in a couple of minutes and the install directory is only 158 MB and I find a cygwin terminal and am able to do routine bash commands, so I presume that all is working. So, why the postinst scripts failed to run before, now becomes an academic matter for me. Thanks again for the help. Don MacDougall -- View this message in context: http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Setup-2-774-texlive-postinstall-takes-10-hours-resending-due-to-cygwin-bounce-tp92260p112334.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
