Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <00b401c1bf25$a48d8dc0$5c00a8c0@mchasecompaq> From: "Michael A Chase" To: "Sanjay Gupta" , References: <657B20E93E93D4118F9700D0B73CE3EA0D39718A AT goofy DOT epylon DOT lan> Subject: Re: Simple Install Question Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:16:57 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanjay Gupta" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:17 Subject: Simple Install Question > I have sucessfully downloaded and installed cygwin software. It works Great. > > Now, I want to install the same software on different machine. So my > question is, will simple file/directory copy will work ? Do, I need to > change any files etc for path setting or any other settings. I just want to > avoid another download from internet. Setup does more than just extract the packages into the Cygwin directory tree. The best way to handle it is to put the cache directory tree that the setup.ini and the archive files were downloaded to by setup.exe somewhere visible to your target machine (e.g., network share or CDROM) and then run setup.exe and install from that local directory. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/