Top "Cygwin" questions

The program can't start because cygwin1.dll is missing... in Eclipse CDT

I've had Eclipse for Java on my computer for a few years, and decided to install the CDT and learn …

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How to install MinGW-w64 and MSYS2?

I am trying to build some open source library. I need package management system to easily download the dependencies. At …

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How can I set my Cygwin PATH to find javac?

I have a Windows 7 system on which I have installed the latest Java compiler. I also have the latest Cygwin. …

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Git push hangs when pushing to Github?

Git push hangs everytime I try to push to github. I am using Cygwin and Windows 7. Git functions fine locally …

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How do I get the 'clear' command in Cygwin?

I installed Cygwin, choosing a fairly minimal set of packages. In a terminal, I tried to do 'clear' to clear …

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How to cd into a directory with space in the name?

I'm attempting to get into the directory /cygdrive/c/Users/my dir/Documents: $ DOCS="/cygdrive/c/Users/my\ dir/Documents" $ …

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SSL certificate issue when trying to clone Git repository within Cygwin

I'm stuck behind a firewall so have to use HTTPS to access my GitHub repository. I'm using cygwin 1.7.7 on Windows …

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Safely change home directory

I'm trying to safely update the home directory as specified in /etc/passwd, but the standard Linux utils - usermod …

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How to execute a bat file from cygwin bash that uses the Windows find command

The find command does completely different in Windows and Unix. On Windows it is a fgrep-like utility listing matching lines …

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How to use GCC with Microsoft Visual Studio?

I am creating a very large project (a few thousand lines) and so would rather not use Notepad++. An IDE …

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