On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Dr. Christoph Gille wrote: > Dear Mr Pechtcha,
Peshansky, actually... > Searching the mailing-list for an answer to my CYGWIN problem I found > a posting from you about a related topic and hope that you might be > able to help me. > > Please appologize that I contact you directly before > posting to the mailing list As described in <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PPIOSPE>, it's almost always better to post to the list, unless private email is specifically requested by the other party. > The Java program I write has some embedded C and Fortran source code > and therefore requires standard compilers which are absent on XP and > Windows2000. > > Therefore the Java program downloads cygwin setup.exe and launches > setup.exe. > > Before launching setup.exe it tells the user to select the program > gnu-make and the compilers for C, C++ and f77 in the devel group. > > I would prefere if it could select it automatically to enable > unattended installation of these software components. > > Further I want the installation in driveLetter:\cygwin\ because the > Java program needs to find the cygwin installation on HD. > > The only choice the user has to make is the driveLetter. > > What would be the best way to initiate a tailored installation on > a client running my Java program. Cygwin setup.exe supports a variety of command-line options. Googling for "cygwin setup command-line options" should unearth a list (or run "setup --help" and examine the file setup.log). You might have better luck with newer setup snapshots (from <http://cygwin.com/setup/snapshots>). Selecting packages might be a problem in your situation. There's an experimental patch for package selection via the command line -- search the cygwin-apps list archives. If you are willing to setup a mirror site for your users, you can use the empty package with dependences trick that I posted numerous times to the Cygwin mailing list (Google for "cygwin automated install"). > Many thanks for your help > Christoph Gille > > P.S. > > I think that this is a general problem > which should be in in the FAQs. What is your opinion ? There are too many variations for this to make a concise FAQ entry. Perhaps a chapter in the User's Guide? <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI> and <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
