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Written by Oleksandr Gavenko (AKA gavenkoa), compiled at 2015-10-05 from rev 764bb173578d.

Cygwin.¶

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Cygwin.

Installation.¶

Run setup.exe. Use output dir like:

d:\opt\cygwin

Add to your PATH env var exactly before C:WINDOWSsystem32;C:WINDOWS values:

set PATH=d:\opt\cygwin\bin;d:\opt\cygwin\usr\local\bin;%PATH%

REM Set CYGWIN variable to 'nontsec'. That makes sure that permissions
REM on your windows machine are not updated as a side effect of cygwin
REM operations.
set CYGWIN=binary nontsec nodosfilewarning codepage:cp1251 noglob

set LANG=ru_RU.cp1251

Set HOME env var (where places config file and projects):

set HOME=d:\home

Set TMP and TEMP env vars with good path (without spaces, etc.; these vars already set as used defined, so you need change their values):

set TMP=c:\tmp
set TEMP=c:\tmp

Also you need edit /etc/passwd to point to correct home path.

Cygwin ports.¶

This project provides Cygwin binary and source packages for a large variety of programs and libraries, including the GNOME and KDE desktop environments

http://cygwin-ports.sourceforge.net/

newest home of the Cygwin Ports project

http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/

home page

http://cygwinports.blogspot.com

official blog??

Which Cygwin version you run?¶

$ uname -r
1.7.7(0.230/5/3)
$ cygcheck -c cygwin
Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version        Status
cygwin               1.7.7-1        OK

Recreate /etc/passwd and /etc/groups.¶

$ mkpasswd -d | grep $yourlogin > /etc/passwd  # if you in Windows domain
$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd                    # if you in Windows domain

$ mkgroup -l > /etc/group

Adding mount points.¶

/etc/fstab:

C:/foo /bar/baz ntfs text,posix=0 0 0
/var /usr/var none bind

Running X Window.¶

$ XWin -multiwindow&

or:

$ XWin -clipboard -silent-dup-error -xkblayout "us,ru" -xkboptions "grp:caps_toggle"&

To start X application you must set ‘DISPLAY’:

$ DISPLAY=:0 xterm&

Working with packages.¶

Installed package list with versions.¶

$ cygcheck -c -d

List of package files.¶

$ cygcheck -l pkg-name

Search package by containing file (only under installed packages).¶

$ cygcheck -f full-path-to-file

Search packages by containing path (only under installed packages).¶

$ for f in /etc/setup/*.lst.gz; do gzip -c -d $f | grep $WORD  2>&1 >/dev/null && { echo $f; break; } || :; done

Search for package.¶

If you have file name or regex use (need internet connection):

$ cygcheck -p REGEX

cygcheck use such link:

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=REGEX

Cygwin installation info.¶

$ uname -a
$ cygcheck -s -r

Cygwin acronyms.¶

http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms

One encounters all sorts of acronyms on the Cygwin mailing lists.

Check dll dependency.¶

$ ldd my.dll
$ ldd my.exe
$ cygcheck ./my.dll
$ cygcheck ./my.exe

Cygwin alternatives.¶

http://www.suacommunity.com/SUA.aspx

Subsystem for Unix-based Applications and Services for Unix