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I hate downloading Cygwin. Several times I tried to download it from several different computers/networks, and many times it got stuck mid-transfer. Where can I find a reliable offline installer?

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This has happened to me lots of times over the years when downloading. The whole experience of downloading it via the installer sucks. Whether its the installer or the servers or both ... I don't know nor care - I just want an easy package to download it all in one chunk. – ripper234 Jan 22 '10 at 11:15
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different computers & connections. At university, at home, at work... – ripper234 Jan 22 '10 at 11:38
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Not doing this in order to revoke the downvote, but you're right, my rant was inappropriate, revised. :) – ripper234 Jan 25 '10 at 21:21
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There is a tutorial here on how to create a full offline installer for cygwin.

There are links at the bottom to download the full package but it's huge: 993 MB.

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I usually use the "download to local directory" option in the standard installer, and select the packages I want in a base installation. That downloads the packages I want but doesn't install, and I can copy that package directory to a network share or thumbdrive. Add a copy of the Cygwin setup.exe to that local directory, and you've got yourself an offline installer.

The disadvantage to this method is that your offline packages aren't kept up to date. But you can always re-run the setup to download and install updated packages.

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You might want to try apt-cyg.

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I am looking for a ready made offline package. I guess I'll go mingw instead. – ripper234 Jan 22 '10 at 13:00
You could always modify the script to download without installing... – Anonymous Jan 22 '10 at 14:31
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Full Ofline Install Cygwin 1.3gb 5th may 2010

http://rapidshare.com/files/383867897/Cygwin.txt

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You could also try pmcyg.

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