Top "Cygwin" questions

Cygwin is a collection of GNU and other Unix-like FOSS tools which run on MS Windows and provide functionality similar to a GNU/Linux distribution while (mostly) conforming to POSIX specifications.

Trouble setting up OpenSSH server on Windows 7 (can't start SSHD)

I just downloaded Cygwin for Windows 7. I want to install an OpenSSH SSH daemon, and after running "ssh-host-config", I tried …

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pygobject-2.28.6 won't configure: No package 'gobject-introspection-1.0' found, how do I resolve?

I'm trying to get pygobject-2.28.6 to compile in cygwin (version in repository is 2.28.4 which has some issues). Here is the …

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Delete a file named "NUL" on Windows

I ran a program on Windows 7 that was compiled under Cygwin and passed "NUL" as an output file name. Instead …

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Difference between GNUWin32 and cygwin

I can't seem to get a handle on the difference between the two. It seems that one (GNUWin32) is an …

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Using Component Object Model (COM) on non-Microsoft platforms

I'm regularly running into similar situations : I have a bunch of COM .DLLs (no IDL files) which I need to …

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Convert Cygwin path to Windows path in a makefile

How can I convert a Cygwin style path ( /cygdrive/c/foo/bar ) to Windows style ( C:/foo/bar ) (yes, with / …

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Manual Cygwin Installation without using Setup.exe

I am having issues with finding all of the necessary files to actually install Cygwin correctly when not using the …

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Cygwin - How to install ansible?

How to get / install ansible using Cygwin? I tried the following steps but it's didn't work during bullet 5 (while running "…

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Startup is really slow for all Cygwin applications

Start of any Cygwin application takes more than a minute on Windows 8.1 x64. It doesn't matter, either I'm starting mintty …

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error C3861: 'strcasecmp': identifier not found in visual studio 2008?

im trying to port application from cygwin to visual studio 2008 express but im getting this error : error C3861: 'strcasecmp': identifier …

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