The minimal packages list for Cygwin

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The Cygwin FAQ mentions that one the first install, the setup exe will download “a minimal subset of all available packages.” Which packages are part of this subset?

I’m installing Cygwin on a computer without Internet access, so I need to know what packages to download to bring over since I can’t run the setup.exe on the computer with Internet.

Best Answer

Here is the minimal list of packages for a "base" installation of Cygwin:

_autorebase
_update-info-dir
alternatives
attr
base-cygwin
base-files
bash
bzip2
ca-certificates
coreutils
cygutils
cygwin
dash
editrights
file
findutils
gawk
gcc
gdbm
getent
gettext
gmp
grep
groff
gzip
hostname
ipc-utils
less
libargp
libffi
libiconv
libpipeline
libtasn1
login
lynx
man-db
mintty
mpfr
ncurses
openssl
p11-kit
pcre
popt
readline
rebase
run
sed
tar
texinfo
tzcode
util-linux
vim
which
xz
zlib

The total size will be ~ 1.4 GB.

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