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Cygwin.
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Installation.
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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.
apt-cyg package manager
=======================
``apt-cyg`` is based on ``bash``, ``wget``, ``tar``, ``gawk`` and ``bzip2``
packages and provide convenient commands for managing and queries packages::
$ apt-cyg update
$ apt-cyg install emacs-w32
$ apt-cyg remove emacs-w32
Information about package and dependencies::
$ apt-cyg show emacs-w32
$ apt-cyg depends wget
$ apt-cyg rdepends emacs
List installed packages::
$ apt-cyg list
Search for package with file across installed packages::
$ apt-cyg search stdio.h
List package files for installed packages::
$ apt-cyg listfiles util-linux
Search for package with file through cygwin.com::
$ apt-cyg searchall stdio.h
List all packages in ``setup.ini``::
$ apt-cyg listall
Find package by regex::
$ apt-cyg listall ^emacs
To switch between mirrors::
$ apt-cyg mirror ftp://ftp.cygwinports.org/pub/cygwinports
$ apt-cyg update
$ apt-cyg install php
$ apt-cyg mirror ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2016/08/30/104223
$ apt-cyg mirror http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
To change a location of directory where packages and ``setup.ini`` downloaded::
$ apt-cyg cache
C:\net
$ apt-cyg cache ~/net
Cache set to C:\home\net.
https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/
Home page.
Installation on Windows XP
==========================
Cygwin from v2.5.5 and Setup version 2.874 (on 25 Aug 2016) is latest version
with Windows XP support. Later versions build with dependencies on newer
syscalls and failt to run in Windows XP.
Latest mirrors avaialble at fruitbat.org:
* 32-bit: ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2016/08/30/104223
* 64-bit: ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/64bit/2016/08/30/104235
To run setup against this mirror::
cmd> setup.exe
``setup.exe`` available at:
* 32-bit ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/setup/snapshots/setup-x86-2.874.exe
* 64-bit ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/setup/snapshots/setup-x86_64-2.874.exe
Run as (``-X`` disable signature verification, ``-s <url>`` option select a
particular mirror, ``-O`` option disallow any other mirrors)::
cmd> setup-x86.exe -X -s ftp://www.fruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2016/08/30/104223 -O
http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/timemachine.html
Description of Cygwin time machine project.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39479826/cygwin-2-5-2-mirror-getting-the-last-xp-release
Question about Cygwin old mirror.
http://superuser.com/questions/1132000/is-it-still-possible-to-get-cygwin-for-xp
Question about Cygwin old mirror.
http://cygwin-xp.portfolis.net/
Another old mirror.
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?
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::
$ uname -r
1.7.7(0.230/5/3)
$ cygcheck -c cygwin
Cygwin Package Information
Package Version Status
cygwin 1.7.7-1 OK
Recreate /etc/passwd and /etc/groups.
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::
$ mkpasswd -d | grep $yourlogin > /etc/passwd # if you in Windows domain
$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd # if you in Windows domain
$ mkgroup -l > /etc/group
Adding mount points.
====================
``/etc/fstab``::
C:/foo /bar/baz ntfs text,posix=0 0 0
/var /usr/var none bind
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.
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::
$ cygcheck -c -d
List of package files.
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::
$ cygcheck -l pkg-name
Search package by containing file (only under installed packages).
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::
$ cygcheck -f full-path-to-file
Search packages by containing path (only under installed packages).
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::
$ 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.
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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.
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::
$ ldd my.dll
$ ldd my.exe
$ cygcheck ./my.dll
$ cygcheck ./my.exe
Cygwin alternatives.
====================
http://www.suacommunity.com/SUA.aspx
Subsystem for Unix-based Applications and Services for Unix