Where can I download an offline installer of Cygwin?

Question

I need an offline installer with most of the utilities commonly needed. Somehow the default installer confuses me with all its package selection. I installed Cygwin but I can\'t

Answer 1

1. Pick a mirror server closest to you from http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html

   Choose any FTP or HTTP mirror.

2. Download the whole mirror maintaining exact file tree structure of the cygwin directory in the mirror.

   Edit: How to download the whole mirror?

   wget -m 
   

3. Execute setup.exe & choose source as local directory and browse to the release directory.

Now you have the Offline Cygwin Installer.

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