1. Cygwin

2. What is Cygwin?
Cygwin offers a UNIX like environment on top of MS- Windows.
Gives the ability to use familiar UNIX tools without losing access to “typical” MS-Windows programs

3. Installing and Updating Cygwin
Download setup.exe from
Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package.
Note that, when installing packages for the first time, setup.exe does not install every package.
Clicking on categories and packages in the setup.exe package installation screen will provide you with the ability to control what is installed or updated.

4. Installing and Updating Cygwin
Step 1: Download and run the Cygwin installer.

5. Installing and Updating Cygwin
Step 2: Select “Install from Internet”:

6. Installing and Updating Cygwin
Step 3: Install to default location

7. Installing and Updating Cygwin
Step 4: Use default local package directory (click next). OR you can choose any other directory .

8. Installing and Updating Cygwin
Step 5: Use whatever internet connection settings (click next)

9. Installing and Updating Cygwin
Step 6: Select a mirror (click next)
To save your download time, please choose the one nearest to you!
Check :
Try:
Japan: ftp.iij.ad.jp(ftp), ftp.jaist.ac.jp(ftp), ring.aist.go.jp(ftp), ftp.iij.ad.jp(http), ftp.jaist.ac.jp(http)
You can add this URL
ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/

10. Step 6: Select a mirror (click next)

11. Step 7: In the “Select Packages” expand “Devel”:
Keep: if the package has already been installed
Skip: if first time

12. Step 8: Select the following packages:
gcc : C compiler upgrade helper.
make: the GNU version of the make utility.
Perl-Depends: perl module for building perl modules.
Perl-PkgConfig
ProcPsUtilities

13. Step 9: In the “Select Packages” expand “Editors”:

14. Step 10: Select the following package: nano: a pico clone text editor with etensions. Step 11: Click Next to complete the installation.

15. Resources
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