Cygwin installation Tutorial

Beginner Linux, the biggest headache is, because Windows and Linux have advantages, each has a purpose, so can only trouble in between the two switch, constant restart. When the boot is also troublesome, because most beginners use Windows, installed Linux, the boot will automatically start Linux (of course, you can set up or after the installation process to modify the corresponding file to decide when to boot the first system), want to enter windows to sit beside the computer Deng. Cygwin just solved the problem.

Cygwin is a UNIX simulation environment running on the Windows platform that is ported to the learning Unix/linux operating environment, or from UNIX to Windows, or to some special development work, It is especially useful to use the GNU toolset for Embedded system development on Windows.

The installation of software is a very simple thing, but the first contact with Cygwin. Often many people toss for days to finish. The main reason is: We used to install a software in Windows, usually just download a Setup.exe installation package on the Internet, and then can be in the absence of network, double-click Setup.exe, can be installed at any time. Cygwin is also to download a setup.exe, but this setup.exe is not the installation package, but only to download and customize the installation package, download customization is completed, is the real installation (you do not need the network), will be understood later.

The following is a detailed installation.

The first step: Download the latest version: after, double-click setup.exe

Installation directory for Chinese names, in order to avoid errors, access to the site if not, prompt error, then a new access to the site

Click "Next" to

The first option is to install online, the second option is to download only not installed (and then manually install), the third means that you have downloaded the installation package, through the download of the local installation package installed, if the first installation, select the first (default),

Next

Specify the installation directory, and the following radio box defaults to "Next"

Select the download installation package storage path, "Next"

Select the way to connect, the first (default) can be, "next"

Select a mirror site, choose one, press the CTRL key to select more than one, "next"

You will then download two files from the selected mirror site, wait a moment, and then "next"

This step is critical, select the package to download and install, select the package according to your needs, the more packages you choose, the longer you will need to download, click View to cycle through the categories, all, selected, and click the plus sign in front of each class to expand, to select each package, just click the icon in front of each line like a loop. Switch between version number and skip, select the latest version number, and the bottom check box defaults:

After selecting the "Next" image below, you will see the installation package:

Click Next to start the installation, and finally let you choose whether to generate a shortcut and then OK!