CygwinPortable
Configuration files to make Cygwin portable on a USB flash drive.
Setup
Let's assume that your USB flash drive is on E:.
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Install the PortableApps platform to your flash drive.
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Create a folder at
E:\PortableApps\CygwinPortable. -
Download Cygwin and place
setup.exein the directory you just created. Rename it tocygwinConfig.exe(this allows you to run it without administrator privileges). -
Install Cygwin.
- Set the root directory to
E:\PortableApps\CygwinPortable. - Install for "Just me".
- Set the local package directory to
E:\PortableApps\CygwinPortable\packages. - Besides the defaults, install
git,vim,source-highlightand the entireX11category. - Do not create shortcuts when you get to the last screen of the install.
- Set the root directory to
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Launch Cygwin-Terminal. Clone this repo into the root Cygwin directory:
$ cd / $ git init $ git remote add origin git://github.com/ntmoe/CygwinPortable.git $ git pull origin master -
Link the portable-ized configuration files (and some handy scripts that I use) to their proper locations:
$ cd ~ $ rm .bashrc .minttyrc /etc/profile $ ln -s /Other/bashrc ~/.bashrc $ ln -s /Other/dircolors ~/.dircolors $ ln -s /Other/minttyrc ~/.minttyrc $ ln -s /Other/profile /etc/profile $ ln -s /Other/cyg-wrapper.sh /bin/cyg-wrapper.sh $ ln -s /Other/startSumatra.sh /bin/startSumatra.sh -
Now if you go to the PortableApps menu and refresh it, three Cygwin utilities should show up, those being:
- Cygwin Setup
- Cygwin Terminal
- Start XWin Server
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If you want to set your USERNAME:
- Go to App/CygwinPortable
- Change line 23 in CygwinTerminal.bat and XWinServer.bat to your username.