From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (mailsrv.cs.umass.edu [128.119.240.136]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86277385BF92 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2020 22:25:53 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 86277385BF92 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cs.umass.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=moss@cs.umass.edu Received: from [10.28.29.103] (unknown [150.203.68.6]) by mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E79BD401CE44; Thu, 2 Apr 2020 18:25:51 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: Problem about installing PGI on Cygwin To: tprince@intelretiree.com, cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Tim Prince References: <19pb8fplo9el8a9d45mccvfubfvc8r52l2@4ax.com> From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 18:25:48 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:25:54 -0000 On 4/2/2020 10:48 AM, Tim Prince via Cygwin wrote: > On 4/2/2020 9:14 AM, Andrew Schulman via Cygwin wrote: >>> I tried to install PGI (Linux version) on Cygwin, however, Cygwin told me that PGI can only be installed under Linux operator system. So is there any method to install PGI on Cygwin? >> >> What is PGI? Where do you get it? >> >> -- > > Cygwin never aimed to be a binary compatible linux emulator. I have run > the PGI for windows Of course, Visual Studio compatible tools aren't > link compatible with any cygwin tools, other than possibly, if not > depending on run time library compatibility, the mingw ones. A few > years ago, Lahey attempted to market commercial support for gfortran > under cygwin, but I don't think it was successful, beyond implementing > some important improvements in gfortran. Agreed. The usual advice: If PGI has source, there is a reasonable chance it can be built under Cygwin unless it uses unusual OS features. Other handy options include the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which is still part of the Windows Insider Program, but is apparently moving toward being a more standard Windows component, and of course virtual machines such as VMWare or VirtualBox. Some things may build with mingw, which (loosely speaking) is a suite of Linux-like tools for building native Windows applications. I'm sure others here can elaborate! Regards - Eliot Moss