Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Message-Id: <200504191953.j3JJrFwu099159@unsane.co.uk>
From: "Vince" <jhary AT unsane DOT co DOT uk>
To: "'community help'" <helpcomm AT yahoo DOT com>,
   "'Robb, Sam'" <sam DOT robb AT timesys DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: downloading cygwin from linux
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:53:50 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
In-Reply-To: <20050419165843.82007.qmail@web30004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of community help
> Sent: 19 April 2005 17:59
> To: Robb, Sam; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: downloading cygwin from linux
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Does it work behind a proxy?
> 
> If yes give me the command please.

It can.
It uses wget. Install wget using your prefered package 
installer,set the environment variable http_proxy to your 
proxy server ip:port then run the script.(Curiously the 
manpage for wget is broken regarding setting proxies,
I guess they want you to use info instead of man.)


Vince

> 
> Thank you 
> 
> --- "Robb, Sam" <sam DOT robb AT timesys DOT com> wrote:
> > > 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
> > 
> > --
> > 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/
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 		
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!? 
> Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides!
> http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide
> 
> --
> 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/
> 


--
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/