X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 12:18:44 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Installing Cygwin without using setup Message-ID: <20090513161844.GC23345@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <23519159 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <23519159.post@talk.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 03:20:11AM -0700, breaks wrote: > >Hi. >I was wondering would it possble to install cygwin without using the setup >included with the download. >I'd like to to just put it on the file system and then add it to a local >path so that I can control when I use it rather than installing it and it >being on my complete windows OS. > >I know it uses it's own DLLs but I was wondering would this arrangement >still be possible? > >Hope question makes sense. It doesn't to me. Cygwin installs to one directory, usually c:\cygwin. You can choose to use it or not. I really don't understand the question. Sorry. -- 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/