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Date: | Wed, 13 May 2009 09:34:00 -0700 |
From: | Gary Johnson <garyjohn AT spocom DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Installing Cygwin without using setup |
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On 2009-05-13, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 03:20:11AM -0700, breaks wrote: > > > >Hi. > >I was wondering would it possble to install cygwin without using the setup > >included with the download. > >I'd like to to just put it on the file system and then add it to a local > >path so that I can control when I use it rather than installing it and it > >being on my complete windows OS. > > > >I know it uses it's own DLLs but I was wondering would this arrangement > >still be possible? > > > >Hope question makes sense. > > It doesn't to me. Cygwin installs to one directory, usually c:\cygwin. > You can choose to use it or not. I really don't understand the > question. Sorry. Doesn't setup.exe add entries to the Windows registry as well? Regards, Gary -- 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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