On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 13:19, 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. I > always keep a CDROM with a Cygwin download as part of my backup strategy... > I would offer to send a copy of that, but I did not download the source > packages onto a CDROM, so I would be violating the GPL should you then turn > around and ask for those next...
ah, actually I could do that in theory as I have access to cygwin.com from work; I suppose it involves installing cygwin, downloading sources and making up a set of files to burn from that. I installed cygwin on a pc this morning so maybe all I'd need to do is to copy the /cygwin directory and run setup, but it is clear I need to read the manual now. > If of interest, I could prepare a complete CDROM set with source and > binaries for installation when I get some free time on my hands. Given that I am not yet sure what I'm doing I must say that is interesting. Thanks for the offer! I'll ask again if I can't work out how to do it myself from the documentation. Matt. > -- == . Matt Fairtlough . == -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
