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 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:02:26 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygwin.com unavailable from blueyonder/telewest uk Message-ID: <20030730150226.GB23279@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <00af01c356aa$b5981d60$c800000a@docbill0001> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00af01c356aa$b5981d60$c800000a@docbill0001> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:19:10AM -0400, Bill C Riemers wrote: >> > My question is: can I install cygwin without access to cygwin.com, and >> > if so, how? Here is what I've done: >> >> Unfortunately not as you have noticed below, setup.exe requires the file >> mirrors.lst, which is located on cygwin.com . > >Sure you can. Just convince someone to snail mail you a CDROM burn. The >install from local directory feature of setup.exe works as expected. In that case, just download the files/directories from a mirror into a subdirectory and use "Install from Local Directory" to install them. There's no need to use a CD. cgf -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to aaaspam@sourceware.org and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- 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/