cygwin.rst
author Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:48:37 +0300
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Search packages by containing path (only under installed packages).

-*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8 -*-

* About Cygwin.

* Installation.

Run setup.exe. Use output dir like:

  d:\opt\cygwin

Add to your PATH env var exactly before C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS values:

  set PATH=d:\opt\cygwin\bin;d:\opt\cygwin\usr\local\bin;%PATH%

  REM Set CYGWIN variable to 'nontsec'. That makes sure that permissions
  REM on your windows machine are not updated as a side effect of cygwin
  REM operations.
  set CYGWIN=binary nontsec nodosfilewarning codepage:cp1251 noglob

  set LANG=ru_RU.cp1251

Set HOME env var (where places config file and projects):

  set HOME=d:\home

Set TMP and TEMP env vars with good path (without spaces, etc.; these vars
already set as used defined, so you need change their values):

  set TMP=c:\tmp
  set TEMP=c:\tmp

Also you need edit /etc/passwd to point to correct home path.

** Cygwin ports.

This project provides Cygwin binary and source packages for a large variety of programs and
libraries, including the GNOME  and KDE desktop environments

  http://cygwin-ports.sourceforge.net/
                newest home of the Cygwin Ports project
  http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/
                home page
  http://cygwinports.blogspot.com
                official blog??

* Which Cygwin version you run?

  $ uname -r
1.7.7(0.230/5/3)
  $ cygcheck -c cygwin
Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version        Status
cygwin               1.7.7-1        OK

* Users and groups.

** Recreate /etc/passwd and /etc/groups.

  $ mkpasswd -d | grep $yourlogin > /etc/passwd  # if you in Windows domain
  $ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd                    # if you in Windows domain

  $ mkgroup -l > /etc/group

* Running X Window.

  $ XWin -multiwindow&

or

  $ XWin -clipboard -silent-dup-error -xkblayout "us,ru" -xkboptions "grp:caps_toggle"&

To start X application you must set 'DISPLAY':

  $ DISPLAY=:0 xterm&

* Working with packages.

** Installed package list with versions.

  $ cygcheck -c -d

** List of package files.

  $ cygcheck -l pkg-name

** Search package by containing file (only under installed packages).

  $ cygcheck -f full-path-to-file

** Search packages by containing path (only under installed packages).

  $ for f in /etc/setup/*.lst.gz; do gzip -c -d $f | grep $WORD  2>&1 >/dev/null && { echo $f; break; } || :; done

** Search for package.

If you have file name or regex use (need internet connection):

  $ cygcheck -p REGEX

cygcheck use such link:

  http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=REGEX

* Cygwin installation info.

  $ uname -a
  $ cygcheck -s -r

* Cygwin acronyms.

  http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms
                One encounters all sorts of acronyms on the Cygwin mailing lists.

* Check dll dependency.

  $ ldd my.dll
  $ ldd my.exe
  $ cygcheck ./my.dll
  $ cygcheck ./my.exe