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From: Lucas Raab <dotpyfe AT gmail DOT com>
Subject:  Re: one Cygwin file
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:23:21 +0000 (UTC)
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<snip>

> You don't have to use setup.exe to download, though.  The packages are
> just regular files that are available via ftp, http, or rsync from a
> number of mirror sites.  You can download them using whatever method you
> want, just keep the same directory structure as they are on the mirror
> site.  Then run setup and choose "install from local directory."  To
> determine which packages you need, consult the setup.ini file or the
> cygwin web site.  The minimum you will need is everything in category
> "base".

<snip> 

Alright. I'll try that. Thanks. I was hoping there was someway around just
letting the setup.exe do everything and I didn't really want to get a CD or DVD
because usually you have to pay for those.



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