From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15596 invoked by alias); 26 Dec 2009 21:46:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 15587 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Dec 2009 21:46:14 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from kuber.nabble.com (HELO kuber.nabble.com) (216.139.236.158) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:46:09 +0000 Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NOeSd-0003Ls-DW for cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:46:07 -0800 Message-ID: <26930106.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:46:00 -0000 From: xtheunknown0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Setup for "basic" development MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00103.txt.bz2 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? TIA Albert -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Setup-for-%22basic%22-development-tp26930106p26930106.html Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/