Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

[Chris Taylor]

Adrian Maier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am looking for a quick and easy way to install cygwin on other computers so
> that it contains exactly the packages that i need,  other customisations and
>  other programs built manually.
> 
> In order to do that, I have simply zipped the entire c:\cygwin directory ,
> put it on a cd,  and unzipped it on the other computer.
> 
> Unfortunately, this does not seem to be enough  ( the cygwin simply doesn't
> run ).
> 
> My question is:  what are the settings required by cygwin to operate
> normally?   (  i guess it needs some environment variables and/or
> registry settings ).
> 
> Cheers,
> Adrian Maier
> 

You also need the contents of HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions
This contains your mount points.

Note that they'll need editing if the drive you're running it on isn't C:


Chris
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