How long does Cygwin take to install?

Every source I found online says a full installation of Cygwin takes over 1 GB, but mine is only 100 MB. I was pretty sure I downloaded everything from the mirror servers, but the install took less than 5 minutes to complete instead of hours, as I’d expect if it were installing gigabytes of software.

How big is a full install of Cygwin?

General installation notes Only the minimal base packages from the Cygwin distribution are installed by default, which takes up about 100 MB. Clicking on categories and packages in the setup program package installation screen allows you to select what is installed or updated.

How install packages after installing Cygwin?

Install Cygwin

1. Download the Cygwin installer and run setup.exe .
2. Click Next through the defaults and select mirror for downloading packages.
3. Search for each package, open the appropriate category (Net or PHP), and click Skip next to each package to select it for installation.
4. Complete the set up.

Is gcc the same as Cygwin?

The names are quite clear to me: cygwin32-gcc-g++ is a compiler for 32 bit cygwin. gcc-g++ is the basic 64 bit compiler (you probably must install this one).

How long did it take you to install Cygwin?

Every source I found online says a full installation of Cygwin takes over 1 GB, but mine is only 100 MB. I was pretty sure I downloaded everything from the mirror servers, but the install took less than 5 minutes to complete instead of hours, as I’d expect if it were installing gigabytes of software.

Why can’t I use a package manager with Cygwin?

A: The basic reason for not using a more full-featured package manager is that such a program would need full access to all of Cygwin’s POSIX functionality. That is, however, difficult to provide in a Cygwin-free environment, such as exists on first installation.

Why does Cygwin take so long to connect to Active Directory?

Cause:On the start of every Cygwin application it tries to get credentials as it is described in etc/nsswitch.conffile. For some reason, it takes a lots of time for my account as it contacts with several Active Directory domain controllers via LDAP.

What is Cygwin and how does it work?

It’s a way to get Linux-like behaviour in Windows. Cygwin gives you a Linux shell (BASH by default I think, but I’m sure you can chose which ones to install), and a Windows compatible set of Linux runtime libraries et c.