A complete list of Cygwin Easy packages is inside the file 'packages.txt'. Licenses of packages vary but most are under the GPL. Cygwin Easy scripts are under GPL. Cygwin environment Linux distribution Operating system Cygwin Environment OS Linux. Download Cygwin - Install a collection of various tools and libraries aimed to provide a Linux-like environment on Windows Operating System and pick the components that you want to deploy on your. Login as Administrator. Windows XP - login as a user with Administrator privilege; Windows 2003.
Installation
The Cygwin* environment offers a convenient way of connecting to the Intel® DevCloud from a local machine running Windows*, whether you have a direct internet connection or find yourself behind a proxy. If you already have Cygwin installed, please skip to Connect from Linux/macOS/Cygwin (SSH). For instructions on how to install Cygwin please read on.
The following instructions will help you install a minimal version of Cygwin for accessing Intel DevCloud. For your convenience we’re providing a simple script that automates the installation of Cygwin. As an alternative, we’re also providing instructions for the manual installation of Cygwin.
Automated Installation
Cygwin repository partial mirroring tool. Pmcyg is a tool for creating customized collections of Cygwin packages, intended to support construction of a portable self-contained CDROM or DVD that can be used as an offline Cygwin installer on computers that do not have network access to a Cygwin mirror site. Pmcyg avoids having to download the entirety of a Cygwin release (about 5GB or more. Download the Cygwin installer and run setup.exe. Click Next through the defaults and select mirror for downloading packages. Search for each package, open the appropriate category (Net or PHP), and click Skip next to each package to select it for installation. Required packages: curl, openssh, openssl (Net), php, php-curl, php-json, php-phar (PHP).
Please download this simple Windows batch script: install_cygwin.bat. It can be run from anywhere on your disk, either by executing it from the terminal or by double clicking on it.
The script uses curl to download the Cygwin setup file. When asked to provide proxy details, you can do so by entering proxy:port when asked or by simply hitting enter to continue without a proxy.
The default installation path is c:cygwin64. The script will prompt you to change this to any other location.
A number of Cygwin packages are downloaded during the installation. The script is configured to use mirrors.kernel.org as the default download site but this can also be changed. For a full list of Cygwin mirror site please consult the Cygwin home page https://www.cygwin.com/.
Manual Installation
Summary
- Download the 64-bit installer (setup-x86_64.exe) from https://www.cygwin.com/
- Install the Cygwin base packages
- Install openssh and nc
Notes
- Run the setup with the --no-admin option
- Complete list of mirrors you can use for the download: https://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.html
- openssh and nc need to be specifically selected, otherwise they will not be downloaded/installed
Proceed with Linux Instructions
Cygwin Full Package Download
- Launch Cygwin to get access to a Linux-like environment.
- Proceed to the article Connect from Linux/macOS/Cygwin (SSH).