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Re: Installing Cygwin without using setup
On 2009-05-13, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 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.
Doesn't setup.exe add entries to the Windows registry as well?
Regards,
Gary
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