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I want to install Cygwin Full (about 1GB) but I cannot find any site offering it anymore. There was one but the Internet Archive did not back it up, after someone killed the site.

Some instructions about installation are here.

How can I get it and is there some trusted source with hashes to verify the dump?

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Thousands of packages.. Creating a static dump of them will be outdated in day. I know what you mean.. But the best bet is to do the effort once, keep them updated and backup before deleting again.

Cygwin installation guide says,

By default, setup.exe will install only the packages in the Base category and their dependencies, resulting in a minimal Cygwin installation. However, this will not include many commonly used tools such as gcc (which you will find in the Devel category). Since setup.exe automatically selects dependencies, be careful not to unselect any required packages. In particular, everything in the Base category is required.

So, if you know which packages you need, its not much of a trouble, because the most important ones will be installed by default. You can always install any package you want after you've installed Cygwin. There is no need to install them all at once go.

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why can't you use the online installer which can download without installing?

the downloaded files and the installer can be copied to any other system after that for the actual install. this is because the installer creates a cache directory of all the files needed to install before installing.

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is there some easy way? When I have tried it, it takes ages to click-click everything -- I want one stop solution like here, not wanting to click trough all menus and such things. I have already tried your solution but it is much more convenient for me to get the dump as a file and then check the hash because my internet connection is unstable. – hhh Jan 28 at 22:32
...this would be a better comment. Even torrents are null with this, look here with old material. Perhaps I can do the dump myself -- well it will take ages. Any firm selling Cygwin Full installations in some data format? Perhaps in older USB sticks, not to burn them. – hhh Jan 28 at 22:32
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