
- #How to get directory of cygwin installation install#
- #How to get directory of cygwin installation windows#
#How to get directory of cygwin installation install#
In the Choose A Download Source wizard dialog, select the Install from Local Directory radio button.Double click the Cygwin installer program to run it again.If you want to install additional Cygwin packages ( for example OpenSSH ) after installing Cygwin, you can follow the below steps.How To Install Additional Cygwin Packages After Install Cygwin.
#How to get directory of cygwin installation windows#
Now open a Windows dos window, and you can run the Linux command such as ls, pwd in it.ģ.Add the Cygwin bin folder path (for example C:\cygwin64\bin) to the system environment variable Path‘s value.After you successfully install Cygwin on Windows, you can configure it to run Linux command on Windows DOS console.How To Run Linux Command In Windows DOS Console. Now you can click the Cygwin64 Terminal icon to start a UNIX style shell window to run Unix/Linux command on Windows.Ģ.Click the Next button in the following wizard windows, it will install the selected packages, and click the Finish button on the last wizard window to complete the Cygwin installation.Now you do not need to do any more choices, it will install the default packages, you can see those default packages by selecting the Pending item from the dropdown list.When you select Category, it will list all the Cygwin packages by category.When you select Picked, it will list all the packages that are picked to install from the list.When you select Not Installed, it will list all the packages that are not installed.When you select Up To Date, it will list all the packages that have been installed and can be updated.When you select Pending, it will list all the packages that will be installed.When you select Full, it will list all the Cygwin packages in the list.When you select a different drop-down item, it will display the different packages in the list below it.There are 6 dropdown items ( Full, Pending, Up To Date, Not Installed, Picked, Category ) in the View dropdown list.When the Cygwin packages download progress is completed, it will open the Select Packages window, and you can select the packages that you want to install.Now you can see the Cygwin packages download progress on the next wizard page.Select the download site that you just added to the list, then click the Next button.And then copy & paste the mirror site URL to the User URL input box, and click the Add button to add it to the Available Download Site list.If there is no site on the list, you can go to the Cygwin Mirror List page to get one mirror URL ( for example ) that is near to you.When the wizard goes to the Choose A Download Site page, you can choose one download mirror site in the Available Download Site list.After choosing one choice click the Next button to go to the Select Root Install Directory wizard page, you can use the default settings and click the Next button in the current and the following wizard pages.The third choice is Install from Local Directory, this mode corresponds to the second mode and can be used to install the Cygwin components after it has been downloaded.The second choice is Download Without Installing, in this mode, it will download the Cygwin component from the internet only, but do not install it at once.The first choice is Install from Internet, in this mode, the installation will start directly from the Internet, which is suitable for fast network speed.There are 3 radio buttons that you can choose in this dialog.Click the Next button to go to the Choose A Download Source wizard dialog.Double click the installer to open the install window.Go to to download the Cygwin installer.Install Cygwin On Windows Correctly Steps.
