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Re: how to reinstall the same packages on another computer
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Brian Dessent wrote:
> linsong wrote:
>
> > Now I want to install all cygwin packages that have been installed in
> > Computer A to Computer B. Can I get the installed packages' information file and
> > pass it setup.exe to install them? I search the document of setup.exe and found
> > nothing.
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2005-02/msg00076.html
FWIW, I just realized that by copying installed.db intact to another
computer, running setup in "Keep" mode and selecting "Reinstall", one
should be able to install specific versions of packages... I haven't
tried this, but theoretically this should work[*]...
Igor
[*] Yeah, I know, famous last words... :-)
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