* Re: How to install Cygwin
2003-09-26 11:42 papers Cristina Fischer
@ 2003-09-26 13:58 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2003-09-26 23:23 ` papers David Christensen
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From: Igor Pechtchanski @ 2003-09-26 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cristina Fischer; +Cc: cygwin
Christina,
Replies inline below.
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Cristina Fischer wrote:
> Urgent
>
> I am posgraduatio (master degrree) in Brazil I would like use cygwin so
> that I can create simulation network
>
> I am new programmer using cygwin. I would like to get
>
> 1. when I can get download software cygwin to environment windows 2000
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html>
> 2. I would like to know about
> configurate my hardware(setup) to run cywin
You generally don't need to configure your hardware to run Cygwin. Cygwin
is a software emulation layer *on top* of Windows. If your Windows runs,
so should Cygwin.
> manual and so on
Most of the information about Cygwin is on the Cygwin web site
(<http://cygwin.com/>) and in the mailing list archives
(<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/>). There is a "cygwin-doc" documentation
package that contains the User's guide, the FAQ, and some other things, in
case you prefer having the files on your local machine instead of online.
You install "cygwin-doc" using the setup.exe application (which you'll
read about in the link I provided for question #1), and it should add a
Start Menu item for Cygwin documentation.
> Thank you very much
> Engineer Maria Cristina Fischer de Toledo
Hope this helps,
Igor
P.S. It would have helped to have a better subject in your message (see
the one I've changed it to). I almost dismissed your message as SPAM
based on the subject. Just FYI.
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2003-09-26 11:42 papers Cristina Fischer
2003-09-26 13:58 ` How to install Cygwin Igor Pechtchanski
@ 2003-09-26 23:23 ` David Christensen
2003-09-27 0:27 ` papers Igor Pechtchanski
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From: David Christensen @ 2003-09-26 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
cygwin@cygwin.com:
Cristina Fischer wrote:
> I am posgraduatio (master degrree) in Brazil I would like use cygwin
> so that I can create simulation network
> I am new programmer using cygwin. I would like to get
> 1. when I can get download software cygwin to environment windows 2000
> 2. I would like to know about configurate my hardware(setup) to run
> cywin
> manual and so on
Understand that Cygwin is a port of the GNU software tool suite to
Windows. It includes many programs, including shells, editors,
interpreters, compilers, linkers, etc.. If you are familiar with
GNU/Linux and the Bash shell, it should be a comfortable environment.
If not, I recommend that you read the following books:
Cameron Newham & Bill Rosenblatt, 1998, "Learning the Bash Shell",
2 ed., O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 1-56592-347-2.
Jerry Peek, Grace Todino, & John Strang, 1998, "Learning the UNIX
Operating System", 4 ed., O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 1-56592-390-1.
Cygwin works fine on Windows 2000 (what I use).
To get Cygwin onto a Windows computer, I first download the Cygwin Setup
program from:
http://www.cygwin.com/
Look for the icon labeled "Install or update now! (using setup.exe)".
Download setup.exe to your hard disk. I recommend the following
location (create directories as necessary):
C:\cygwin\setup\setup.exe
Next, read the instructions for using Cygwin Setup:
http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html
I prefer to download packages from the Internet and then install them.
This requires running Cygwin Setup twice -- once to download the
packages and a second time to install the packages. There is also a
third option for installing directly from the Internet, but having the
packages on your hard drive can be useful from time to time.
I also prefer to download and install only the base packages first. I
have Cygwin Setup create the Start menu and desktop icons on this pass.
I then "test drive" Cygwin and make any necessary adjustments (.bashrc,
.bash_profile, .vimrc, .inputrc, etc.).
I then repeat the download/install process for whatever other packages I
want. I skip the icon creation process. For your programming needs,
you will likely want to download and install packages in the
"Development" category.
As for manuals, I mostly use the Cygwin Bash shell. Thus, "man" and
"info" are what I use the most. You may also find HTML documentation on
the web and/or in the Cygwin installation tree (look under
C:\cygwin\usr\doc\).
HTH,
David
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