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Cygwin Installation

Cygwin Installation. CS 302. What is Cygwin?. Cygwin offers a UNIX like environment on top of MS-Windows. Gives the ability to use familiar UNIX tools without losing access to “typical” MS-Windows programs. Installing and Updating Cygwin.

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Cygwin Installation

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  1. Cygwin Installation CS 302

  2. What is Cygwin? • Cygwin offers a UNIX like environment on top of MS-Windows. • Gives the ability to use familiar UNIX tools without losing access to “typical” MS-Windows programs

  3. Installing and Updating Cygwin • Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. • Note that, when installing packages for the first time, setup.exe does not install every package. • Clicking on categories and packages in the setup.exe package installation screen will provide you with the ability to control what is installed or updated.

  4. Installing and Updating Cygwin: step by step Step 1: Download Cygwin installer fromwww.cygwin.com and run it.

  5. Installing and Updating Cygwin • Step 2: Select “Install from Internet”:

  6. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 3: Install to default location If your OS is Windows 7, chose this option If your OS is Vista, chose this option

  7. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 4: Use default local package directory (click next)

  8. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 5: Use whatever internet connection settings (click next)

  9. Installing and Updating Cygwin To save your download time, please choose the one nearest to you! Check : http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html to know the nearest mirror of you. Try: Step 6: Select a mirror (click next)

  10. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 6: Select a mirror (click next)

  11. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 7: In this step you have to select the packages to be installed, first : expand “Devel”: Note: If the check boxes are not visible , click on “Default” to change it to “install”. Now the check boxes should appear

  12. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 8: Expand “Devel” and select the following packages : • gcc-obj: GNU compiler Collection (Objective C) • make: the GNU version of the ‘make’ utility. • Expand “Prel” and select : • Perl-ExtUtils-Depends : Buidperl XS that depend on other XS. • Perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig: perl module for using pakageconfig. Expand “System” and select : • ProcPs: Utilities for monitoring your system and processes on your system.

  13. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 9: Expand the “Editors”:

  14. Installing and Updating Cygwin Step 10: Select the following package from “Editor”: nano: a pico clone text editor with extensions. Step 11: Click Next to complete the installation. If it asks you to download some other packages for dependencies, click yes. • Note that the installation may take a while to complete

  15. Resources www.cygwin.com http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~aamodt/ece2 2/cygwin.html http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~jng/comp1180/CygwinSetup.pdf

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