Cygwin also allows you to download the files that you need to a disk,
take the disk home, and then install from a local directory. This
would be an excellent choice if you have a slow/no network connection.
Download to a Disk
To download to a disk run the installation program on a machine,
such as in MSB 160, with a good Internet connection.
- Cygwin Net Release Setup
- No choices to make. Just press Next
- Choose a Download Source
- Instead of choosing Install from Internet,
which is the default, select Download from Internet.
- Select Local Package Directory
- Change this to your disk.
- Select your Internet Connection
- You should be able to use the default Direct
Connection unless you are behind a firewall.
- Choose A Download Site
- This lets you pick a site from the list. Pick a site
that ends in "edu" such as ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu
- Select Packages
- For now just install the default packages. You can run setup
again to get other packages.
- Progress
- You can now sit back and watch while it downloads the packages
it is going to install
Now you have a copy of the Cygwin packages. You can take them home
and install the packages from a local directory.