![]() It's a huge oversight not to have it run properly in a Virtual Machine, so if that's how you planned to use it, forget it.Ĭygwin does exactly what it promises, almost. Sadly, once we spent the time picking a package, Cygwin didn't like the VMWare (Virtual Machine) video adapter, which failed to run. We selected the one app that took about 5 minutes to download and install, a simple 8-bit game, so choose wisely. When it says there's nothing to install, choose the drop-down box, seen in screenshot three below, pick a few apps and click next. ![]() If you already installed Cygwin, reinstall it. During the installation and download, you might want to look for a few packages you want to run. You need to recompile an application to run on it or download one of the many packages available here. Here's where it helps to have some Linux, or DOS, knowledge to move on.Ĭygwin is not able to run native Linux apps. Nope, this is a terminal, or it looks like a DOS prompt for those unfamiliar. If you've never used Linux before, you can forget the cute penguin you've seen so much. This means it should be safe to install without damaging your copy of Windows but creating an image file for a complete backup seems like a good idea. It is not a shell replacement or even a replacement for Windows but rather provides a Terminal that allows you to execute Linux commands. Cygwin is designed to provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows with a large selection of precompiled apps.Ĭygwin comes with an installer to be sure you have the latest version. ![]()
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