From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x32c.google.com (mail-wm1-x32c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32c]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42CA73858403 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:40:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 42CA73858403 Received: by mail-wm1-x32c.google.com with SMTP id y196so11500471wmc.3 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:40:56 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NHnGnKLEjnvdiVbvhIQBBzscpxvfdzwAklFCRc363OE=; b=O/Qth2ZQ/xfHH5C1LROghl2KVQFGUwNPfI3ty4Kww0vdOmY4BIOg6caci9bIadvG8j +WGkBIv6MtxNRKXlpWzmBFM9DQtK/GtASeqsC/l7vX36JMvbM6W5VvynIZdAlHEbsVei LVencLwa/mB4dRRtRjtxXYeKFXIHeV681UmyjXJg0seFtRSvBSLk7wyTHniBEaECQdzp TNsBmyFdNY2of4eZ5YOvRl2+bLOUt+dTXZtXwxivR7Gaa4j0vNDl0CKRx3g4Rvi8N41g KYdgpF38XMaJwvkzCi9zq2k/Ce74Hu1Egt/ztqRmQDYo9Jq5cBJDbkfAIRNd3HSFXjoA TYow== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531zJ+sbi3MIjAvQATfrNgt4toriLgabd1Vq3ebvw2Qrbwf4D53K CNH1JgHf3ygQ10ycbuV+oZIKSX+0fV8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyNypyaZTxDLV+V9a4doFs/G5HozwuO6BjO2yzSXLBOmeQGmn16jjKaQrnblE2SDmJMbNe4Dw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:1d91:: with SMTP id p17mr34122764wms.193.1636893654868; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:40:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPV6:2003:cc:9f0c:687f:2859:8c03:52a1:bd09? (p200300cc9f0c687f28598c0352a1bd09.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [2003:cc:9f0c:687f:2859:8c03:52a1:bd09]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h1sm11072464wmb.7.2021.11.14.04.40.54 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:40:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ae4b69f-963c-76fc-8aea-78e4256cf0c2@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:40:55 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Subject: Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows? Content-Language: it To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: From: Marco Atzeri In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:41:01 -0000 On 14.11.2021 12:38, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: > 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. Not if you use the same USB installation in different computers with different users. Also if the User has the same windows name, the IDE on different computers are different https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html >> >> What you can do is use the USB stick as location for the cache download >> and install from the USB on the other computers. >> > I've had a FAT32 portable USB stick supporting both Cygwin32 and Cygwin64 > for, dunno, 20 years or something. I made a new one from scratch last night, actually, > absolutely coincidentally to this post. Whilst not "Full" the installation is way in advance > of "Base". I just run > setup -P > at the Windows command prompt, installing to a formatted FAT32 stick, and away I go. > Time after time after time. > Fergus > Installation for USB is a different thing as no special permissions are needed by setup to use the cache files. PS: it is what I was recommending