Cygwin stopped being compatible with Windows XP in 2016. Following this post on stackoverflow, you can find the setup files and a (very slow) mirror that’s compatible.
I made my own, considerably faster, mirror of the last Windows XP compatible Cygwin release, at http://cygwinxp.cathedral-networks.org/
The mirror date is 2016-08-30, the 30th of August 2016 AD.
The setup file is available in the cathedral subdirectory, http://cygwinxp.cathedral-networks.org/cathedral/, along with a batch file that contains the command line options required to install from that mirror. I suggest you download both and run the batch file. If you only want the setup file, the essential option is the –no-verify one, which disables the use of package signatures. The signatures were not available in the Cygwin archive mirror, so I don’t have them.
Enjoy.
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thx
Thank you. I needed this.
Many many thanks for this!
Thank you, good man! It’s still actual 🙂
Thanks Dear
Thank you very much!!!
I hope you’ll let this repository alive!
Hi,
just wanted to give you a big THANKS for the repo, I’m just setting up an old XP box and wanted to do a bit of programming on it (I’m somewhat in denial about modern tech… 🙂
I also hope you keep this alive a bit longer.
All the best,
Nikolaus
You’re very welcome 🙂
I don’t remove things from the Internet.
I hate when that happens, which is my my blog posts referring to external sources tend to contain a backup of the source content as well.
Fantastic !!
Thank you so much !
Hello there,
Same here as Nikolaus Straeter said, I hope your repo will be stay forever online!
BR,
Mike
How you tell me how large the complete download is? How many gigabytes? I’d like to make certain there is enough storage space here before downloading. Thank you!
The repository currently sits at 138 gigs, but you don’t download that much in order to install Cygwin. The installation size depends on what packages you select.
Thanks for this. All the repositories are now dead and its hard to find these so thanks for this repo
I expected that would happen sooner or later. This one stays online until the Internet is destroyed by the powers that be 🙂
You’re still helping people. Thank you.
very very thank
Thanx a lot for this cygwin repo!
It is really useful
Sorry, because I’m not good at this matter.
how to install cygwin with them.
Sorry, because I’m not good at this matter.
how to install cygwin with them.
Try the “Cygwin Installation Tutorial”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjxEH_tr7e0
Thanks a lot for the mirror!
It works perfectly for Server 2008 too
How can I make local copy of this mirror?
Thank U so much for this repo.
Works fine on my beloved WinXP Pro SP3 🙂
You did a wonderful job!
This mirror saves me! Thanks again. I tried to install 32-bit cygwin many times and only this website works for me.
It worked on my old mini laptop, thank you!
Thanks a lot man…
You saved my day… 🙂
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