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authorDavid Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>2001-09-22 19:47:17 +0000
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@samp{fileutils}, and possibly lots more. (Again, consider just getting
everything!)
+@subsection How much disk space does Cygwin require?
+
+All the packages listed above comprise about 55MB when downloaded.
+This expands to about 230MB in your ``install root directory''
+(@code{C:\cygwin} by default). If you download source archives for
+all packages, that's an additional 110MB. These estimates are based
+on measurements taken 22 Sep 2001.
+
+After installation, the package archives remain in your ``Local Package
+Directory'', by default the location of @code{setup.exe}. You may
+conserve disk space by deleting the @code{contrib} and @code{latest}
+subdirectories there.
+
@subsection What if setup fails?
First, make sure that you are using the latest version of