From: Tim T. <ra...@ed...> - 2005-12-07 21:25:33
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Hello! I want to burn my installation of mingw and msys (and my sources) on CD and move it to another computer to avoid the hassle of reinstalling everything (including some PORTs and othe rthird party libraries). I originally installed mingw and msys using the installers, where available. Is this possible to just move the directories (in this cases to another computer, from Windows 2000 to XP and on another partition) or are there any hidden registry entries or similar that have the get adapted? -- Gruß... Tim. |
From: Greg C. <chi...@co...> - 2005-12-07 21:50:26
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On 2005-12-7 21:25 UTC, Tim Teulings wrote: > > I want to burn my installation of mingw and msys (and my sources) on CD > and move it to another computer to avoid the hassle of reinstalling > everything (including some PORTs and othe rthird party libraries). > > I originally installed mingw and msys using the installers, where available. > > Is this possible to just move the directories (in this cases to another > computer, from Windows 2000 to XP and on another partition) or are there > any hidden registry entries or similar that have the get adapted? I think you're in luck. Searching this mailing list's archives for both words "installer registry" turns up messages like: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11874191 |
From: Earnie B. <ea...@pr...> - 2005-12-09 16:58:15
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Quoting Greg Chicares <chi...@co...>: > On 2005-12-7 21:25 UTC, Tim Teulings wrote: >> >> I want to burn my installation of mingw and msys (and my sources) on CD >> and move it to another computer to avoid the hassle of reinstalling >> everything (including some PORTs and othe rthird party libraries). >> >> I originally installed mingw and msys using the installers, where available. >> >> Is this possible to just move the directories (in this cases to another >> computer, from Windows 2000 to XP and on another partition) or are there >> any hidden registry entries or similar that have the get adapted? > > I think you're in luck. Searching this mailing list's archives > for both words "installer registry" turns up messages like: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11874191 > For clarity, there is no registry entry required for MSYS to execute and MSYS itself does not write to the registry. If your directory structure changes, the only modifications you would need to make would be to the /etc/fstab file and you would need to create a desktop icon if you wish to have it click start from your desktop. Kind Regards, Earnie Boyd For all your online shopping needs http://shop.siebunlimited.com. Register an account online and receive a 25% discount on your first purchase. |
From: Luke D. <cod...@ho...> - 2005-12-08 14:48:37
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Teulings" <ra...@ed...> To: <min...@li...> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:25 AM Subject: [Mingw-msys] Copying mingw/msys installation to another computer > Hello! > > I want to burn my installation of mingw and msys (and my sources) on CD > and move it to another computer to avoid the hassle of reinstalling > everything (including some PORTs and othe rthird party libraries). > > I originally installed mingw and msys using the installers, where > available. > > Is this possible to just move the directories (in this cases to another > computer, from Windows 2000 to XP and on another partition) Yes. Luke |
From: Tim T. <ra...@ed...> - 2005-12-09 17:19:35
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Hello! > If your directory structure changes, the only modifications you would > need to > make would be to the /etc/fstab file and you would need to create a desktop > icon if you wish to have it click start from your desktop. Thanks, I'll try (...and occupy the laptop of my girlfriend ;-)). -- Gruß... Tim. |
From: Tim T. <ra...@ed...> - 2005-12-23 09:15:48
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Hello! >>If your directory structure changes, the only modifications you would >>need to >>make would be to the /etc/fstab file and you would need to create a desktop >>icon if you wish to have it click start from your desktop. > > > Thanks, I'll try (...and occupy the laptop of my girlfriend ;-)). Some feedback: Copying the installation dirctories to CD and then back to Windows using a different partition and OS did work well, besides: PORT packages manually compiled and installed install *.la files. These contain paths relative to the initial installation and thus have to be adapted to the new directory names. Not realy a problem to MINGW/MSYS but worth to mention. -- Gruß... Tim. |
From: Earnie B. <ea...@pr...> - 2005-12-23 14:10:05
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Quoting Tim Teulings <ra...@ed...>: > Hello! > >>> If your directory structure changes, the only modifications you would >>> need to >>> make would be to the /etc/fstab file and you would need to create a desktop >>> icon if you wish to have it click start from your desktop. >> >> >> Thanks, I'll try (...and occupy the laptop of my girlfriend ;-)). > > Some feedback: Copying the installation dirctories to CD and then back > to Windows using a > different partition and OS did work well, besides: > > PORT packages manually compiled and installed install *.la files. These > contain paths relative to the initial installation and thus have to be > adapted to the new directory names. Not realy a problem to MINGW/MSYS > but worth to mention. > Another reason to rebuild the PORT packages is that the mingwPORT scripts add the -march value to the compile for maximum performance. If the architecture were different you would need to rebuild even if the directory structure remained the same. Kind Regards, Earnie Boyd For all your online shopping needs http://shop.siebunlimited.com. Register an account online and receive a 25% discount on your first purchase. |
From: Keith M. <kei...@us...> - 2005-12-23 18:38:53
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On Friday 23 December 2005 9:15 am, you wrote: > Hello! > > >>If your directory structure changes, the only modifications you would > >>need to > >>make would be to the /etc/fstab file and you would need to create a > >> desktop icon if you wish to have it click start from your desktop. > > > > Thanks, I'll try (...and occupy the laptop of my girlfriend ;-)). > > Some feedback: Copying the installation dirctories to CD and then back > to Windows using a > different partition and OS did work well, besides: > > PORT packages manually compiled and installed install *.la files. These > contain paths relative to the initial installation and thus have to be > adapted to the new directory names. Not realy a problem to MINGW/MSYS > but worth to mention. This would apply to *any* application which depends on compiled in PATH settings -- not just to mingwPORTs. If you simply copy the application files to a different machine, with a different filesystem layout, you will break such dependencies. This is the main reason why you are advised to avoid overriding default installation paths. Regards, Keith. |