https://sites.google.com/site/devinsezer/Home/software/portable-cygwin Is an older article but discusses it.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 6:16 AM Thomas Wolff <t...@towo.net> wrote: > > > Am 14.11.2021 um 11:32 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin: > > On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: > >> On webpage > >> > >> https://cygwin.com/ > >> > >> I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. > >> > >> I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run it on various > >> computers without leaving installation traces. > >> > >> Is there really no portable version to download? > > > > correct. No one should install all the files > > > >> > >> What if I install it once one computer and copy all the files to my > >> USB flash drive? > >> Are there any disadvantages? > > > > The file permissions will be not correct. > Actually, if you format your USB stick to NTFS, this should work. I > remember to have had a mobile cygwin stick around a while ago. > > > > > What you can do is use the USB stick as location for the cache download > > and install from the USB on the other computers. > > > >> > >> Peter > >> > > > > Regards > > Marco > > > > > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
