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Subject:	RE: downloading cygwin from linux
Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:37:03 -0400
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> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:33 PM
> To: community help
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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

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