How to install cygwin and pspsdk without internet connection.

[snakeryu]

I want to try programming games for the psp, but I don't have an internet connection.  I have read the tutorial on how install cygwin in 10 easy steps, but it requires an internet connection.  And I just go to some internet cafe to websurf, but I do have a pc at home.

[Raphael]

a) Download a precompiled dev environment to a USB-stick if your internet-cafe allows it.
b) Ask some friend to download it for you and burn it on CD or put it on a USB-stick.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/minpspw/files/
The pspsdk-setup-x.y.z.exe is required, the devpaks are optional, but recommended to have a broad base of libraries to work with.
Most useful for first graphical games is libpspsvram, libpng, jpeg and zlib as well as freetype if you want to use opentype/truetype fonts.
For sound output, libmikmod is for wav playback and libmad a solution for mp3 playback (though not the best, as the psp has it's own set of functions to playback mp3s).


In any case, be sure that you'll have a hard time learning psp development without internet, because basically all information that is available is on the internet in forums, tutorials and source codes of other projects.
I wish you good luck anyway, if you have questions you can come back here anytime.

[snakeryu]

Thank you so much for this Raphael, +rep for you.  I'm so sorry to be a stupid **** or something, but, if I run this pspsdk and download those additional files, can I just copy and paste them in another computer in which I installed the same pspsdk.  I mean like, I'll install it on the computer on the internet cafe then download and install the other files, then install said pspsdk on my pc and just copy and paste the other files that I installed.  If that is not possible, can't I just download those extra files then install them later at home.  Yeah I think I'm gonna have a hard programming for the psp, I mean it took me a month to make a fps using GAMEMAKER PRO 7.  Lets just say that I had a blast making games with that program, just a couple of stages blasting anything I can download for free.  Like any sprites that can be downloaded for free.  And the tutorial for that was great, it really made that easy, I mean hard.

Anyways thank you much for this, I appreciate this a lot.  God Bless.

[mowglisanu]

You don't have to install the sdk to download the libraries.
Just download the pspsdk-setup-x.y.z.exe and the libraries you want and copy them to your computer then install them.

[snakeryu]

Thank you so much for that info, can you please direct me to where I can download the pspsdk-setup-x.y.z.exe.  I tried searching with google but no luck in that, it would be of great assistance.

[Raphael]

It's on the site I gave you earlier. It's the setup file for minpspw and "x.y.z" as a placeholder for the version you'd want to download.
The latest is 0.9.5: http://sourceforge.net/projects/minpspw/files/SDK%20%2B%20devpak/pspsdk%200.9.5/pspsdk-setup-0.9.5.exe/download

[snakeryu]

I guess I get the 'will be getting a hard time without an internet connection" thing that you were saying Raphael.  I downloaded the pspsdk 0.9.5 and were trying to install mingw and that needed to connect to the internet, which I don't have at home.  I was able to download all the files needed in the readme files that was in the pspsdk folder.  But when I try to install mingw it ask for a internet conection, bummer really.  Anyways thanks so much for the help, I think I will be aborting this project or want to be project of mine for now.

[mowglisanu]

>and were trying to install mingw
why