On 15/04/2020 16:02, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote:
From: Cygwin <cygwin-boun...@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Paul Isaacson
Hello Cygwin Support,
I am trying to install Cygwin silently through a management tool like SCCM
(called Bigfix). I went through the FAQ on your website to see what
commands/switches existed. I would like to install silently without any user
interaction and so I attempted to use setup-x86_64.exe --quiet-mode and I
get into an infinite loop for the installation. Bigfix tells me that the
installation
is waiting for user response and will not continue. It gets stuck and can't
start/finish the installation. Is there any suggestions on what I can try? I
also
want to install a bunch of packages during the installation but thought I would
try to start at a completely silent installation firsts.
It's possible that there are bugs in setup which cause quiet-mode to get
stuck on some error conditions.
Unfortunately, there's not enough information provided to know if that's
the case here, or fix it if it is.
I have also checked forums as well online to see if anyone else had issues. I
found a one forum where someone is having the same issue with no
resolution found here: https://www.itninja.com/question/cygwin-realy-
silent-installation-no-progress-window-with-option-to-counsel
Welcome to the club. Unfortunately, Cygwin setup is not friendly for Software
Managers. After a lot of research, I have ended up to the following command:
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@echo off
@echo Starting Cygwin installation
"%cd%\setup-x86_64.exe" -q -A -L -l "%cd%\cygwin-repo" -R "C:\Program
Files\Cygwin" -P
autoconf,automake,bash-completion,binutils,curl,emacs,git,git-svn,gnupg2,inetutils,konsole,mc,openssh,patchutils,perl,python2,python3,rsync,ruby,subversion,tcsh,tmux,unzip,vim,vim-common,wget,xinit,xlaunch,xorg-server,xorg-server-common,xorg-server-xorg,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75,xorg-x11-fonts-Type1,xorg-x11-fonts-misc,xterm,zip
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wrapped in a nice "setup-x86_64.bat" that is executed by the installation
Powershell script. That command is still popping up a progress window, but it was removed
by our Landesk configuration. You may check if yours having the same option not to allow
any GUI to be displayed by the installation program.
I have already requested a feature to totally remove any GUI from silent
installation:
https://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg162887.html
Yeah, about that...
If you want to see a feature added to setup, by far the best way is to
provide a patch to add it.
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