> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 November 2003 18:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Installation from locally stored packages > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 02:48:08PM -0000, Vince Hoffman wrote: > >Actually at least 1/2 of the mirror sites allow downloading via FTP. > >(and some via rsync too) > > I'm sure that it is much more than 1/2 but it doesn't matter anyway. > Just use wget or curl to download the files. - and 'wget' runs on ? > >if you know what you are doing and keep the directory structure its > >entirely possible. have a google on site:cygwin.com cygwin install > >from cd or similar to find previous discussions. > > Right. The initial poster couldn't have searched too hard if they > couldn't find this since it seems to come up every couple of weeks. Really ? I must improve my lurking skills - I can't recall having seen a request for help downloading Cygwin via a Linux machine before. Maybe the OP's request isn't as unusual as I first thought ! Kevin. > cgf > > -- > 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/ > >
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