Cygwin

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Cygwin

• NCUCC
• Fan-Lei Liao

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What Is Cygwin?

• GNU Cygnus Windows Cygwin

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What Can Cygwin Do?

• Learning
• Bash environment
• Unix base environment
• Remote
• ssh
• Develop
• Gcc
• Perl
• java

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Why Do I Use Cygwin?

• Convenient
• Unix-like
• Shell environment on windows
• Use some useful unix software on windows

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How Can I Start ?

• Install on the internet
• Run on the XliveCD

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Install from internet(1)

• Download setup.exe from http//www.cygwin.com

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Install from internet(2)

• Double click the icon to start the installation

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Install from internet(3)

• Choose installation type install from internet

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Install from internet(4)

• Choose installation directory
• Install for all users
• Default text file type unix/binary

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Install from internet(5)

• Select local package directory

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Install from internet(6)

• Select connection typeDirect connection

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Install from internet(7)

• Choose donwload siteftp//ftp.ntu.edu.tw

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Install from internet(8)

• Select packages

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Install from internet(9)

• Install process

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Install from internet(10)

• Update
• Click the setup.exe icon again

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Run form XliveCD

• XliveCD
• http//xlivecd.indiana.edu/

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Some Interesting Application

• Apache Server www server
• Gcc -- compiler
• ncftp/proftp ftp client and server
• Wget retrieve files via http and ftp
• W3m -- a text base web browses

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What can't Cygwin do?

• not a native unix
• Many packages must recompile

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FAQ
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Reference

• http//www.google.com.tw
• Apache on cygwin
• http//httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/cygwin.html
• Chinese in Cygwin
• http//cle.linux.org.tw/forum/viewtopic.php?t99h
  ighlightcygwin
• Wingaim
• http//gaim.myweb.hinet.net/build.html
• XliveCD
• http//xlivecd.indiana.edu/
• cygutils
• http//cygutils.fruitbat.org/