What is the difference between Cygwin and MinGW? What is Cygwin? Cygwin is a compatibility layer that makes it easy to port simple Unix-based applications to Windows, by emulating many of the basic interfaces that Unix-based operating systems provide, such as pipes, Unix-style file and directory access, and so on as documented by the POSIX standards
How to install new packages on Cygwin? - Super User I installed the latest version of Cygwin with a number of packages I soon realised that I need more packages (such as wget, etc) and I couldn't find a way to install the new packages without runni
Defining aliases in Cygwin under Windows - Stack Overflow Cygwin's etc passwd file (normally C:\Cygwin\etc\passwd from Windows) This will have a number of lines containing details of each user on the system; the seventh : separated field is the home directory You can tell which user it's looking at by running whoami from a Cygwin bash shell
windows - Installing Make in Cygwin - Stack Overflow For more (generic) details, check [Cygwin]: Installing and Updating Cygwin Packages [Cygwin]: Cygwin FAQ - Does the Cygwin Setup program accept command-line arguments? might also be a good starting point for command line options (check [SO]: Installing Make in Cygwin (@PJain's answer)) Final note: Cygwin is kind of obsolete
How do I install gcc on cygwin? - Stack Overflow $ uname -r 2 9 0(0 318 5 3) I don't have the gcc or the g++ command on my path after I install cygwin What packages do I need to install to get this command?