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Re: cygwin.com unavailable from blueyonder/telewest uk
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:19:10AM -0400, Bill C Riemers wrote:
>> > My question is: can I install cygwin without access to cygwin.com, and
>> > if so, how? Here is what I've done:
>>
>> Unfortunately not as you have noticed below, setup.exe requires the file
>> mirrors.lst, which is located on cygwin.com .
>
>Sure you can. Just convince someone to snail mail you a CDROM burn. The
>install from local directory feature of setup.exe works as expected.
In that case, just download the files/directories from a mirror into a
subdirectory and use "Install from Local Directory" to install them.
There's no need to use a CD.
cgf
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