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Re: Replicate packages from 32-bit machine on 64-bit machine
- From: Paul.Domaskis <Paul dot Domaskis at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:17:32 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: Replicate packages from 32-bit machine on 64-bit machine
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Larry Hall (Cygwin <reply-to-list-only-lh <at> cygwin.com> writes:
>On 08/18/2014 10:30 AM, Paul wrote:
>>Andrey Repin <anrdaemon <at> yandex.ru> writes:
>>> When I wanted to replicate my cygwin installation from a 32-bit
>>> machine to another 32-bit machine, it was straightforward. I would
>>> simply reinstall all installed packages, but have the downloaded
>>> packages got to a folder which I then burn to CD.
>>>
>>> However, my next machine is a 64-bit machine. So I have to use the
>>> 64-bit setup. Is there an almost-as-painless way to replicate the
>>> 64-bit version of the packages that I have installed on my 32-bit
>>> machine?
>>
>> You contradicting yourself. 64-bit packages are entirely different
>> files than 32-bit packages.
> Yes, I understand. I was referring to the 64-bit versions of my
> 32-bit packages. It took quite some period of discovery to determine
> my operational needs and the packages required. I'm hoping to avoid
> that re-experiencing that.
>
> You shouldn't have allot of trouble matching the 64-bit version of any
> package with the 32-bit version. Assuming there is a 64-bit version of
> the package you want, package names are typically very similar between
> the two architectures.
Understood, Larry. It's just that there are so many packages, and I
don't want to manually find all the matching packages. Before, if I
wanted to replicate a cygwin install on another machine, I just
reinstalled all my packages, but saved the packages to a folder that I
could write to disc. I can't do that if I want to replicate my
packages as 62-bit versions.
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