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Re: Don't I get /etc/profile with a fresh installation?


2016-03-15 19:53 GMT+01:00 Achim Gratz writes:
> Gerrit Haase writes:
>> How can I see all packages in Base category, I am in offline mode, and
>> it shows me only all the packages which are present in my package
>> folder.

> Lastly if you really want to see everything, not just the packages in
> your local mirror, then you can use -m/--mirror-mode to tell setup you
> have a clean mirror and it won't try to find out if the packages from
> setup.ini are actually present and you get to see the full package list,
> even though you can't install the packages that aren't available.

Many thanks Achim,

valuable information, unfortunately this is not documented, at least
not where I expected to find the information:
https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.cli

2.3.

Does Setup accept command-line arguments?

Yes, the full listing is written to the setup.log file when you run
setup-x86.exe --help or setup-x86_64.exe --help. The current options
are:

Command Line Options:
 -D --download                     Download from internet
 -L --local-install                Install from local directory
 -s --site                         Download site
 -O --only-site                    Ignore all sites except for -s
 -R --root                         Root installation directory
 -x --remove-packages              Specify packages to uninstall
 -c --remove-categories            Specify categories to uninstall
 -P --packages                     Specify packages to install
 -C --categories                   Specify entire categories to install
 -p --proxy                        HTTP/FTP proxy (host:port)
 -a --arch                         architecture to install (x86_64 or x86)
 -q --quiet-mode                   Unattended setup mode
 -M --package-manager              Semi-attended chooser-only mode
 -B --no-admin                     Do not check for and enforce running as
                                   Administrator
 -h --help                         print help
 -l --local-package-dir            Local package directory
 -r --no-replaceonreboot           Disable replacing in-use files on next
                                   reboot.
 -X --no-verify                    Don't verify setup.ini signatures
 -n --no-shortcuts                 Disable creation of desktop and start menu
                                   shortcuts
 -N --no-startmenu                 Disable creation of start menu shortcut
 -d --no-desktop                   Disable creation of desktop shortcut
 -K --pubkey                       URL of extra public key file (gpg format)
 -S --sexpr-pubkey                 Extra public key in s-expr format
 -u --untrusted-keys               Use untrusted keys from last-extrakeys
 -U --keep-untrusted-keys          Use untrusted keys and retain all
 -g --upgrade-also                 also upgrade installed packages
 -o --delete-orphans               remove orphaned packages
 -A --disable-buggy-antivirus      Disable known or suspected buggy anti virus
                                   software packages during execution.

Regards,
Gerrit

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