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Re: Installing Cygwin without using setup
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 12:18:44 -0400
- Subject: Re: Installing Cygwin without using setup
- References: <23519159.post@talk.nabble.com>
- Reply-to: 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.
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