Cygwin Full Install

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Installing and Updating Cygwin for 64-bit versions of Windows

Run setup-x86_64.exe any time you want to update orinstall a Cygwin package for 64-bit windows. The signature for setup-x86_64.exe can be used to verify the validity ofthis binary using this public key.

Installing and Updating Cygwin for 32-bit versions of Windows

Cygwin (/ ˈ s ɪ ɡ w ɪ n / SIG-win) is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows.

Installed Cygwin 1.7.25 or higher To install the Cygwin net release, go to and click on 'setup-x86.exe' (32-bit installation) under the heading 'Current Cygwin DLL version'. This will download a GUI installer called setup-x86.exe which can be run to download a complete Cygwin installation via the.
(This will typically install Cygwin under C: cygwin or C: cygwin64 for all users.) Leave the default options and click Next. (This will store the temporary files in your Download folder. After you have successfully installed Singular on your Windows computer, you may safely delete these files. They will no longer be needed.).

Run setup-x86.exe any time you want to update orinstall a Cygwin package for 32-bit windows. The signature for setup-x86.exe can be used to verify the validity ofthis binary using this public key.

General installation notes

When installing packages for the first time, setup*.exedoes not install every package. Only the minimal base packagesfrom the Cygwin distribution are installed by default, which takes up about 100 MB.

Clicking on categories and packages in the setup*.exe package installationscreen allows you to select what is installed or updated.

Individual packages like bash, gcc, less, etc.are released independently of the Cygwin DLL, so the Cygwin DLL version is notuseful as a general Cygwin release number. The setup*.exe utilitytracks the versions of all installed components and provides the mechanismfor installing or updating everything available from this site forCygwin.

Once you've installed your desired subset of the Cygwin distribution,setup*.exe will remember what you selected so rerunning theprogram will update your system with any new package releases.

On Windows Vista and later, setup*.exe will check bydefault if it runs with administrative privileges and, if not, will tryto elevate the process. If you want to avoid this behaviour and installunder an unprivileged account just for your own usage, runsetup*.exe with the --no-admin option.

Q: How do I add a package to my existing Cygwin installation?

A: Run the setup program and select the package you want to add.

Tip: if you don't want to also upgrade existing packages, select 'Keep' at thetop-right of the package chooser page.

Q: Is there a command-line installer?

A: Yes and no. The setup*.exe program understandscommand-linearguments which allow you to control its behavior and chooseindividual packages to install. While this provides some functionalitysimilar to such tools as apt-get or yum it is not asfull-featured as those package managers.

Q: Why not use `apt`, `yum`, myfavourite package manager, etc.?

A: The basic reason for not using a more full-featured package manager is thatsuch a program would need full access to all of Cygwin's POSIX functionality. Thatis, however, difficult to provide in a Cygwin-free environment, such as exists onfirst installation. Additionally, Windows does not easily allow overwriting ofin-use executables so installing a new version of the Cygwin DLL while a packagemanager is using the DLL is problematic.

Q: How do I install everything?

A: You do not want to do this! This will install an enormous number of packagesthat you will never use, including debuginfo and source for every package.

If you really must do this, clicking on the 'Default' label next to the'All' category to change it to 'Install' will mark every Cygwin package forinstallation. Be advised that this will download and install tens of gigabytesof files to your computer.

Q: How do I verify the signature of setup?

A: e.g.

Q: What's the hash of setup?

A: See here

Q: How do I help improve setup?

A: See the setupproject page for more information.

This project allowsoffline Cygwin installation on Windowsby pre-downloading it in advance on Linux (using Wine).

Features

Ideal for those who wants to meet Windows only in virtual machines.
- Download on Linux.
- Deploy on Windows.
Simple straightforward workflow.
- Linux: packages.sh (optional)
- Linux: update.sh
- Linux: archive.sh (optional)
- Windows: install.cmd
No dependencies on software external to Windows during installation.
Support for unattended (non-interactive) installation.
Support only for 64 bit Linux/Windows versions.

Configure list of selected Cygwin packages

Modify list of packages for download:

The names of available packages to select from can be found in Packagescolumn during selection of packages in Cygwin installer run with GUI.Script packages.sh starts Cygwin installer with GUI exactly forthe purpose of reviewing available packages to list them in packages.conf:

NOTE:Script install.cmd will install list of packages specifiedbeforeupdate.sh is run rather than consulting pakcages.conf again(the list used is cached in distrib/packages.line.conf file).See also comments in packages.conf.

Update Cygwin content from Internet on Linux

This command will pre-download Cygwin content under distrib directory.

The command starts Cygwin setup in unattended mode (without GUI)and downloads all packages (with their dependencies)listed in packages.conf file.

It also automatically downloads official Cygwin installerplaced in the following path relative to the root of this repository:

WARNING:It is possible to install Cygwin on Linux on top of Wine.Do NOT do it. Make sure that the machine where updates are downloadeddoes not contain Cygwin installation. Otherwise the package maynot be complete as Cygwin installer only downloads missing components.In its worst case, remove ~/.wine directory to get rid of anyapplication installed on Wine.

Archive Cygwin content into single distributive file on Linux

This script will archive entire content of this directorywith root of the archive matching root of this repository.

WARNING:If the downloaded content is incomplete, archive.sh script may(rightfully) fail as it inspects some files in the downloaded content.The downloaded content can be incomplete if Cygwin is installed on Wine -see warning in section for update.sh script.

Install Cygwin without Internet connectivity on Windows

This command will use pre-downloaded Cygwin content from distribdirectory prepared by update.sh for offline installation.