Cygwin

Cygwin Install from USB Drive to Local Windows Computer

Preparing the USB Flash Drive

• To install Cygwin from a USB drive to a local computer the required files must be locally save onto the flash drive
• Files can be acquired two ways: Ask Eddie for them, rm 6***, or downloaded using the cygwin setup on a Windows computer
• To download the files from the internet simply navigate to: http://cygwin.com/install.html and download setup.exe for cygwin(64 bit)
• Prior to running the setup create two directories on your USB flash drive to store the setup.exe file and downloaded files
  • For Example, if flash drive is drive "L:" create two directories "L:\cygwin_install\" and"L:\cygwin_install\local"
• Copy setup.exe onto the USB flash drive into the folder "cygwin_install"
• Run setup.exe off the USB from a Windows computer
• Click next on the introductory menu
• When it asks you to Choose a Download Source, select Download without Installing, then click next
• When asked for Local Package Directory Browse to "L:\cygwin_install\local" , where "L:" is the letter your USB flash drive is assigned
• On the next menu click direction connection unless you require some sort of proxy to connect to the internet
• From the Available Download Sites list select any site to download from
• Next you will be asked to select packages, for our purposes of BackupPC the minimum packages are the following
  • rsync
  • openssh
  • wget
  • wim
  • shutdown
• To select these packages simply type them in one by one into the search bar, when you find the package click on it so that it says the Version number that will be installed instead of "skip"
• Once those 5 packages have been selected click next
• On the next Menu confirm that "Select required packages(RECOMMENDED)" is checked and click next
• Setup will download all the required files to the appropriate directory