Re: Cygwin question

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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@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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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