I'm trying to put the whole of Cygwin on a DVD, so I can have it with me for an offline install. I downloaded setup.exe, putted "download without install" and selected Current version and under "All" I selected "Install".
After it downloaded all of it, I burned it onto a DVD.
Now when I try to install the thing, it reports some missing dependencies and gives out a lot (and I do mean A LOT) of <NULL> errors.
Where did I go wrong? I'm assuming what I'm trying to do (put it on a DVD) is possible using that technnique?
Best Answer
From the Cygwin web site:
How can I make my own portable Cygwin on CD?
While some users have successfully done this, for example Indiana University's XLiveCD http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/, there is no easy way to do it. Full instructions for constructing a porttable Cygwin on CD by hand can be found on the mailing list at http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg01117.html. (Thanks to fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net for these instructions.)