From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7475 invoked by alias); 26 Dec 2009 23:41:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 7466 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Dec 2009 23:41:38 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-173-76-42-77.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (173.76.42.77) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:41:35 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB7B43B0003 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:41:25 -0500 (EST) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id B0C802B352; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:41:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:41:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Setup for "basic" development Message-ID: <20091226234125.GC21254@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com References: <26930106.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <26930106.post@talk.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-12/txt/msg00104.txt.bz2 On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 01:46:07PM -0800, xtheunknown0 wrote: > >Hi, I've used various distros of Linux *just* long enough to know commands >like ls, cat, gcc something -o something, and cd. I was trying to setup >Cygwin but when I got to the window with stacks of checkboxes to tick or not >tick I got bewildered. What do I tick so that I can compile simple C >programs, use basic Unix commands, have Vim, ie. use a Linux shell to >replace Command Prompt? This has nothing to do with Cygwin/X. Please check out the mailing lists at http://cygwin.com/lists.html and then decide to move to the cygwin mailing list. To answer your question, the basic Cygwin install will provide you with the bash shell. If you want 'vim', then check the 'vim' checkbox. If you want a compiler use 'gcc'. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/