How to install cygwin without internet connection?

[Rupert Kolb]

Mark Fisher wrote:
> On 8/4/06, Rupert Kolb  wrote:
>> we have some (~20) PCs here, which have no connection to the Internet.
>> Reason: Security!
>>
>> Question: How can I install cygwin on such PCs?
>
> can they all be setup to share a common drive, and then choose
> "install from local directory" and point it to the shared drive?
> you simply have to put the entire cygwin download there then.
Yes, they can share a network drive.
And ... it works!
(I didn't know about the "install from local directory"  feature.)

Thanks.

Rupert

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