Installing Cygwin
For extra documentation please check the cygwin homepageStep-by-Step:
- download the cygwin installer
- run the cygwin installer
- select your download options and proxy
- Package Selection: Click on "view" (top right corner)
- Select the desired packages in the list view
- let the installer download and install the packages
- finish the installation procedure
A complete install is recommended, but the 250MB complete download is only useful until Gentoo compiles all "system" packages.
The cygwin path structure emulates a UNIX system with root directory where you installed cygwin. So /home/ is mapped to C:\Cygwin\home if you installed Cygwin to C:\Cygwin.
Windows driveletters are mapped to /cygdrive/, so C: is /cygdrive/c/