Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Rudi wrote:
>> Hy,
>> will there sometimes be a Setup-program available that works on the
>> console? I would like to update or add new packages through ssh
>> instead of Windows GUI to speedup these processes
>
> There are command line options. Below is an old pointer. I'm sure
> you can find more up-to-date ones in the email archives.
>
> <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg01490.html>
>
> This is still a Windows "GUI" program though, not a console app. You
> may find that this suffices for your needs however. If not, feel
> free to jump in and help move setup more quickly in this direction.
> :-)
Here's the current help (slightly reformatted to avoid word wrap).
Command Line Options:
-D --download Download from internet
-L --local-install Install from local directory
-s --site Download site
-R --root Root installation directory
-q --quiet-mode Unattended setup mode
-h --help print help
-l --local-package-dir Local package directory
-r --no-replaceonreboot Disable replacing in-use files on next
reboot.
-n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start
menu shortcuts
-N --no-startmenu Disable creation of start menu shortcut
-d --no-desktop Disable creation of desktop shortcut
-A --disable-buggy-antivirus Disable known or suspected buggy anti
virus software packages during
execution.
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