Portable CygWin version for Windows?

[Larry W. Virden]

https://sites.google.com/site/devinsezer/Home/software/portable-cygwin
Is an older article but discusses it.

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 6:16 AM Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> wrote:

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> Am 14.11.2021 um 11:32 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin:
> > On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote:
> >> On webpage
> >>
> >> https://cygwin.com/
> >>
> >> I found only a CgyWin Installer to download.
> >>
> >> I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run it on various
> >> computers without leaving installation traces.
> >>
> >> Is there really no portable version to download?
> >
> > correct. No one should install all the files
> >
> >>
> >> What if I install it once one computer and copy all the files to my
> >> USB flash drive?
> >> Are there any disadvantages?
> >
> > The file permissions will be not correct.
> Actually, if you format your USB stick to NTFS, this should work. I
> remember to have had a mobile cygwin stick around a while ago.
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> >
> > What you can do is use the USB stick as location for the cache download
> > and install from the USB on the other computers.
> >
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >
> > Regards
> > Marco
> >
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