Once you've installed your desired subset of the Cygwin distribution, the setup program will remember what you selected, so re-running it will update your system with any new package …

For all Cygwin-related questions, observations, suggestions and bug reports, please check the resources available at this site, such as the FAQ, the User's Guide and the mailing list archives.

Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which acts as an emulation layer providing substantial POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) system …

A brief history of the Cygwin project Highlights of Cygwin Functionality Introduction Permissions and Security File Access Text Mode vs. Binary Mode ANSI C Library Process Creation Signals …

I read the above but I want to bundle Cygwin with a product, and ship it to customer sites. How can I do this without conflicting with any Cygwin installed by the user?

Cygwin User's Guide The Cygwin User's Guide is now available in several formats: Several HTML files, with Table of Contents One large compressed HTML file One PDF file Alternatively, you …

To install the Cygwin net release, go to https://cygwin.com/ and run setup-x86_64.exe to install the 64 bit version of Cygwin. This will download a GUI installer which can be run to download …

We have some preliminary docs on how to profile the Cygwin DLL. Information on building and using DLLs is here. Also note that there is quite a lot of useful information in the project mailing …

Cygwin/X is a port of the X Window System to the Cygwin API layer for the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. Cygwin provides a UNIX-like API, thereby minimizing the amount …

Cygwin has a nice setup program that downloads and installs the necessary Cygwin packages for you.