Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <019601c30f2d$3ab2fee0$78d96f83@pomello> From: "Max Bowsher" To: "DEEPA SIVASANKARANE" , References: Subject: Re: setup.exe Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:28:55 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote: > Hi, > > Would Running setup.exe, and choosing > "Install from Internet" to C:\cygwin be the same as > choosing the download option and untaring them in > C:\cygwin ? NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! DO NOT UNTAR A CYGWIN PACKAGE TO INSTALL IT! USE SETUP.EXE! I assume the reason you wanted to do this was to permit reinstallation from your local disc at a later date? If so, just "Install from Internet". The downloaded files will NOT be deleted, and you can install from them without an internet connection by using "Install from Local Directory". Max. -- 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/