Cygwin

Get that Linux feeling - on Windows

This is the home of my Cygwin projects

Cygwin, what...

...is it?

Cygwin is:

  • a large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows.
  • a DLL (cygwin1.dll) which provides substantial POSIX API functionality.

...isn't it?

Cygwin is not:

  • a way to run native Linux apps on Windows. You must rebuild your application from source if you want it to run on Windows.
  • a way to magically make native Windows apps aware of UNIX® functionality like signals, ptys, etc. Again, you need to build your apps from source if you want to take advantage of Cygwin functionality.

Install
Cygwin-FR-x86_64
now
Cygwin!
Install or update
now!
(using my french version of setup-x86_64.exe)		 or get help on
using setup-x86_64.exe.		 or See the details for my packages.

Latest setup-FR-x86_64 version is 2.918


Install
Cygwin-FR-x86_64
now

What is CYGWIN-x86_64::EL?

Here are my Cygwin x86_64 packages (all versions are EL named):  upgraded versions of allready released packages, freshly ported and so on.
Most of these packages are'nt available elsewhere !

See the details for my packages or browse the available packages to review the README files and my porting notes.

To get them, configure the Cygwin setup-x86_64.exe installation program to fetch my packages :
  • See here for the old documentation related to x86 packages and for the details on how to configure the installer for Cygwin::EL.

Disclaimer

My Cygwin packages are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library general Public License for more details.





Last updated: Feb 09 2022