[GRASS-user] CYGWIN

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> Thanks for the background.
> At this point I only see the possibility to split the previously
> convenient one-pass installation into a two-pass installation:
> 
> 1. install cygwin
> 2. start cmd.exe and run setup.exe with -X (needs full path I guess?)
> 
> Any better solution possible?

Create a shortcut for the setup program and add -X to the command.
This saves having to type out the full path to setup.exe in the
command prompt.

I don't think that we can automate this, as you don't know where
setup.exe will live; it doesn't get installed within the Cygwin tree.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>