Apr 21, 2009 · What is Cygwin? Cygwin is a compatibility layer that makes it easy to port simple Unix-based applications to Windows, by emulating many of the basic interfaces that Unix …

There is no package management in Cygwin outside of the setup program. The setup only applies updates to your current installation, it does not overwrite packages that what you already have …

Is there a tool in the Cygwin package similar to apt-get on Debian or yum on redhat that allows me to install components from the command line?

Mar 26, 2013 · Cygwin's /etc/passwd file (normally C:\Cygwin\etc\passwd from Windows). This will have a number of lines containing details of each user on the system; the seventh : …

Jun 2, 2015 · Some cygwin commands are .exe files, so you can run them with the standard Windows Scheduler, but others don't have an .exe extension so can't be run from DOS (it …

Nov 10, 2017 · $ uname -r 2.9.0(0.318/5/3) I don't have the gcc or the g++ command on my path after I install cygwin. What packages do I need to install to get this command?

Jan 20, 2014 · Every source I found online says a full installation of Cygwin takes over 1 GB, but mine is only 100 MB. I was pretty sure I downloaded everything from …

Jan 5, 2016 · 3 When you install cygwin, it normally installs a ".bat" file at the top of the directory-tree containing cygwin, which can run a command-window. For example:  @echo off C: …

Feb 8, 2019 · For more (generic) details, check [Cygwin]: Installing and Updating Cygwin Packages. [Cygwin]: Cygwin FAQ - Does the Cygwin Setup program accept command-line …

Apr 1, 2013 · Sure. On my (pretty vanilla) Cygwin setup, bash is in c:\cygwin\bin so I can run a bash script (say testit.sh) from a Windows batch file using a command like: C:\cygwin\bin\bash …