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Cygwin is a port of the UNIX programming environment to Windows.
It's not as good as running Linux, but it's the next best thing.
It includes gcc, so it's essential if you are going to do any programming in C.
Installation Notes
- The setup program asks for the location to install Cygwin from. Select 'Install from Local Directory'.
- When prompted for the local package directory, select the directory \emulators\cygwin on the CD.
- gcc is not installed by default. You have to tell the setup program to install it.
- Not all the cygwin packages are on the CD. You can install others from the net using the setup program.
Tips
To run X applications such as xterm, nedit or emacs, you need X windows.
Include the xorg packages under X11 category during setup.
You can launch an X windows in two ways:
- From a cygwin window, type startx and when the xterm window pops up, type nedit or emacs on this window.
- Create a shortcut on the desktop for this file c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat. Starting X is simply clicking on this icon.
- To simulate three button mouse on computers with two button mouse, edit /usr/X11R6/bin/startx or /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat such that defaultserverargs="-clipboard -emulate3buttons"
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