How To Install Cygwin For Windows

Date Posted: December 19, 2008 3:30 AM
Posted By: Erik Vold
Tags: How To, Windows, Cygwin

This is just some very breif instructions on how to install cygwin for windows.

For those of you that do not already know, cygwin is a linux-like environment for windows

Create a folder c:\cygwin
Download cygwin's setup.exe from http://www.cygwin.com/ and save setup.exe in c:\cygwin
Click Start...Run...and type c:\cygwin\setup.exe
When it asks for "Local Package Directory", type c:\cygwin
When a selection screen comes up, you can resize the window to see better, click the little "View" button for "Full" view, then find and select the packages you wish to use.
Click next to start installing cygwin.

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