On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Robb, Sam wrote: > > From: Igor Pechtchanski > > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:33 PM > > To: community help > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Umgm, <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>... > > 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. Heh, and what is an alcohol-related acronym for that one? :-) Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- 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/