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.

How to compile existing posix code for 64-bit Windows?

I'm ok with using Cygwin or MinGW, but I need to end up with 64-bit code, not 32-bit. This is …

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64-bit cygwin mingw win64
/dev/stdin with herestring

I would like a Bash script that can take input from a file or stdin, much like grep, for example $ …

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bash cygwin stdin heredoc
bash/cygwin/$PATH: Do I really have to reboot to alter $PATH?

I wanted to use the Python installed under cygwin rather than one installed under WinXP directly, so I edited ~/.bashrc …

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dotcloud push on cygwin fails with "rsync error: unexplained error (code 255)" (similar with git and hg)

Though I have followed the usual steps for using the dotCloud CLI under Cygwin, dotcloud push fails in all cases: …

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How to add fonts in cygwin mintty

I wish to use additional fonts in mintty, I want to add Monaco font to my cygwin terminal. While mintty …

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use xmllint in cygwin

I am using cygwin on a window 8 machine. When I type $ xmllint --format something.xml It says: -bash: xmllint: command …

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bash cygwin xmllint
Cygwin and "failed to run aclocal: No such file or directory"

I'm trying to test our Autotools stuff on Cygwin. When I open a prompt: $ autoreconf --install --force Can't exec "aclocal": …

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cygwin autoconf
cygwin's ssh-add returns "Could not open a connection to your authentication agent."

I am running into this error of: $ git push heroku master Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP …

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ssh cygwin ssh-agent
GoogleTest 1.6 with Cygwin 1.7 compile error: 'fileno' was not declared in this scope

GoogleTest 1.6 with Cygwin 1.7: 'fileno' was not declared in this scope Error message when building a simple test on Factorial() function …

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How to enable python interactive mode in cygwin?

I like python in interactive mode when on linux. However on cygwin, the interactive mode doesn't start. I don't see …

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