Loading Cygwin on a Win7/64 PC

To Install Cygwin on local disk (C:)

 

1. Go to www.cygwin.com

 

1. Click on Install Cygwin (from left side menu)

 

1. Double-click on "setup-x86.exe”. The x86 version will work fine on a 64-bit computer.

 

1. The window “Do you want to run or save this file” will appear, offering Run, Save, Cancel.  Click on Run.

 

Note: most of the following may be the default selection.

 

1. The window “Cygwin Net Release Setup Program” will appear.  Click Next

 

1. The window “Cygwin Setup – Choose Installation” will appear.  Select install from Internet.  Click Next

 

1. The window “Cygwin Setup – Choose Installation Directory” will appear.  Set Root Directory C:\cygwin, Install for all Users.  Click Next

 

1. The window “Cygwin Setup – Select Local Package Directory” will appear.  Set Local Package Directory C:\Users\[user]\Desktop, where [user] is the username of the logged in user.  Click Next

 

1. The window “Cygwin Setup – Select Connection Type” will appear.  Select Use Internet Explorer Proxy Settings  Click Next

 

 

1. Select a download site and start the download.

 

1. Eventually this process will get to a window “Cygwin Setup – Select Packages” package selection dialog. Click Next to select defaults

 

1. Click Finish to close the dialog box when the installation finishes

 

Replace the files in C:\cygwin with the Cygwin files from the Network (this updates the directory to the version we are using.

 

1. Delete all files in the folder c:\cygwin

 

1. Copy Cygwin files from the Network location public:\voss\cygwin

 

Add the following directories to the system variable path

 

1. c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin

 

1. restart the computer to update the system variable path

 

Update the mount parameters:

 

1. Start Bash – by right click on the batch file in c:\cygwin and select “Run as Administrator”

 

1. At the prompt type: mount --change-cygdrive-prefix /

 

1. Type the following commands to add mount points:

1. mount –b –f c:\\cygwin /
2. mount –b –f c:\\cygwin\lib /usr/lib
3. mount –b –f c:\\cygwin\bin /usr/bin