How do I manually install an old cygwin package?

Question

A project I am working on requires an old version of SLAPD (the LDAP server) and must run on Windows, hence I am using cygwin packages:

I\'ve found a binary package of

Answer 1

Some cygwin mirrors keep old package files, for example, http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/cygwin/ You can use Sonatype nexus to mirror an existing cygwin repository, but provide your own setup.ini .

Copy the already downloaded repo content to c:\progs\nexus\sonatype-work\nexus\storage\mirror.isoc.org.il-pub-cygwin\
Put your own setup.ini and setup.bz2 there.
Start setup.exe with --no-verify
Paste

http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/repositories/mirror.isoc.org.il-pub-cygwin/

into the mirror selection box and click "Add"