If you want to change it, go ahead and change the directory location by click on the “browser” button. In this screen, you can select the local package directory where the downloaded files are stored. The default settings are fine unless you want to customize the installation directory and user access. Here you can select the root directory for the Cygwin installation.
This option will download all the required packages for the installation and will store them in the local directory for future use. Here in this screen, select the radio button “Install from Internet” and click on the “Next” button. You will be greeted with the welcome screen, just click on the “Next” button to continue. Once you have downloaded the Cygwin installer, launch the installer as the Administrator. The executable itself is small as it downloads all the required packages while installing the software. To install Cygwin, head to the official site of Cygwin and download the executable depending on your system preference (32-bit or 64-bit). Do note that it can’t be used to run any Linux/Unix software though.
You can run setup again in the future to add more packages.Cygwin is a free and open source software with tons of optional packages which lets you run and execute the age-old Unix-like commands right in your Windows system. Packages are selected if you wish to use telnet or
Manager or Desktop Environment you want to use (see the Section called Starting an X desktop environment session or X window manager in windowed mode in Chapter 3), and any fonts you would like to have You may also select any X client programs you want to use, any X Window Xlaunch (optional, a wizard for starting X sessions) On the Start Menu to run it), startxdmcp.bat ) Xinit (required, scripts for starting the X server: xinit, Xorg-server (required, the Cygwin/X X Server) Given below a listing of the general Cygwin packages would be On the next screen you will select the packages that will beĭownloaded and installed.
Setup will download a list of available packages as it moves to the Click Next to proceed to the next screen
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