> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of community help > Sent: 19 April 2005 17:59 > To: Robb, Sam; cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: downloading cygwin from linux > > Hi, > > Does it work behind a proxy? > > If yes give me the command please.
It can. It uses wget. Install wget using your prefered package installer,set the environment variable http_proxy to your proxy server ip:port then run the script.(Curiously the manpage for wget is broken regarding setting proxies, I guess they want you to use info instead of man.) Vince > > Thank you > > --- "Robb, Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Igor Pechtchanski > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:33 PM > > > To: community help > > > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > > > Subject: Re: downloading cygwin from linux > > > > > > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, community help wrote: > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > I tried to download cygwin from a linux machine > > but > > > > with no success. Is there any way to download > > every > > > > thing at a time and install it later on a > > windows > > > > machine? > > > > I'm trying to download cygwin from work where i > > have a > > > > linux system and i want to install it at home > > where i > > > > have windows but no internet connection. > > > > > > > > PS: executing setup.exe in linux does not work. > > So > > > > there must be an other way. > > > > > > Two possibilities immediately spring to mind: WINE > > or BEER (bring > > > everything employing rsync). Both are untested. > > > Igor > > > > You could also try mkcygwget: > > > > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-02/msg00704.html > > > > I use it under Linux, and it works just fine. > > > > -Samrobb > > > > -- > > 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/ > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! > http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/
