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Re: wise way to install cygwin packages


Ken Jackson wrote:

I agree.  And even for simple operations I find it a bother to have to
start up a gui to install a package or check for updates.

It would be great to have a command-line package management tool. For
example, if yum were ported to Cygwin, for the case you cite, you could
do this:

Do you mean something like:


setup -q -n -D -L %SITE% %LOCALDIR% %PACKAGES%

Ralph

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