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.
Cygwin installation Tutorial:
1, please download Cygwin to the system heaven:
2, 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
3, click "Next",
4, the first option is online installation, the second option is to download only not installed (and then manually installed), 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 can (default),
Next
5, specify the installation directory, the following radio box by default, "Next"
6, choose Download the installation package storage path, "Next"
7, select the connection mode, the first (default) can be, "next"
8, select a mirror site, any choice can be, press the CTRL key to select more than one, "next"
9, and then from the selected mirror site to download two files, a little wait, "next"
10, this step is very important, select the package to download and install, according to your needs to select the package, the more the choice of the more download time required, click "View" can be in the category, all, selected to cycle between the switch, click on the front of each class plus can expand, to select each package, Just click the icon at the front of each line like a loop, switch between version number and skip, select the latest version number, and the bottom check box by default:
11, select the next "Next" figure, will show you choose the installation package:
Click Next to start the installation, and finally let you choose whether to generate a shortcut and then OK!
To install a new installation package later, or update, or through this process, run Setup.exe select Install package.