Install instructions for installing Cygwin:
Go to http://cygwin.com/install.html
Choose setup 86 or 64:
Launch the setup by right clicking your downloaded file and choosing to “run as administrator”.
Any will do, but Cygwin.mirrors.pair.com is close by in Pennsylvania.
Click on the word skip next to all these packages:
Container |
Package |
Description |
Base |
CoreUtils |
(This should be checked as a default but was not in my install. All base packages need to be installed.) |
Database |
Gdbm |
Gnu dbm implementation |
|
Libmysqlclient18 |
Mysql database client library (runtime) |
|
Mysql |
Mysql client apps |
|
Mysqld |
Mysql database server |
|
Mysql-test |
Mysql server testsuite |
|
Perl-dbi |
Perl database interface module |
Developer |
Gcc:g++ |
C++ compiler |
|
Gcc-core |
C compiler |
|
Gdb |
The gnu debugger |
|
Make |
The gnu version of the make utility |
|
Pl-devel |
Development files for swi prolog |
|
Pl-odbc |
Odbc for swi prolog |
editors |
vim |
|
Net |
Openssh |
Openssh server and client programs |
|
openssl |
|
Perl |
All |
(just click skip next to the perl group) |
Accept all dependencies:
It will then be a long download process:
Then, edit the profile in C:\cygwin64\etc\profile to have
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"