[osgeo4w-dev] Re: osgeo4w-setup.exe command-line options

[Frank Warmerdam]

Matt Wilkie wrote:
>>
>> With the -q switch along with -l and -L it should be possible to install
>> precompiled set of packages for example from a CD or flash disk without
>> going through the gui and without need for internet connection. ...

> Tomas, apt.py may be useful to you in this scenario. It's not as 
> complete or well tested as setup.exe but works well enough for me (so 
> far). It's most significant deficiency is that it can't update in-use 
> files like setup can, but this is not an issue on new installs.
> 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-apt

I would go a bit further and suggest that Matt's apt package is the best
way to address non-gui installs.  The setup program is already quite fragile
and getting it to work properly in additional modes is going to be difficult.

Best regards,
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