Installing cygwin NOT from web

Vince Hoffman Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com
Thu Mar 13 18:25:00 GMT 2003


Well this is only partly true, as you may have noticed there is also a
download option, this allows you to just download without installing,
allowing you to later install from the files you have downloaded, just saves
you HAVING to install cygwin to get hold of a copy in an installable
directory structure.) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles D. Russell [mailto:worwor@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: 13 March 2003 17:12
> To: cygwin cygwin
> Subject: Installing cygwin NOT from web
> 
> 
> What I have gleaned from watching this subject is:
> 
> 1) setup.exe is really designed to work best for direct 
> installation from
> the web, so do that first on some computer with an internet 
> connection.
> 2) when you install from the web, copies of all the downloaded files -
> including setup.exe - are retained in a directory that you 
> can specify.
> After completing the installation, if you burn that directory 
> to a CD, you
> have everything you need to reinstall to that or another computer.
> 
> I have not actually tried doing it this way, but assume that 
> if I am wrong,
> someone will holler, and then I will know that my backup 
> strategy is flawed.
> 
> 
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