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RE: tip for blind users of setup.exe regarding package installation
- From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder at niaid dot nih dot gov>
- To: "cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:10:48 -0500
- Subject: RE: tip for blind users of setup.exe regarding package installation
- Reply-to: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Adam Puckett sent the following at Monday, March 05, 2012 10:59 AM
>
>Here's how I went about installing Cygwin via setup.exe with the free,
>open source screen reader NVDA:
>
>1. Download and run setup.exe, and click "Next" at each prompt, as the
>user guide says, for a core install.
>2. Install additional packages with the -P option. E.G.:
>
>setup -P gcc -P git -P bzr -P python
>
>etc.
(1) Shouldn't this have been appropriate for the main list, not talk?
(2) This sounds like it might work as a basic for the generic "automatic
install" question that periodically shows up on the main list. Might it
be appropriate for a FAQ or somewhere else in the documentation or on the
web site? (Not that I have tried this or that it matters to me.)
- Barry
Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.