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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with UNIX</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><link rel="home" href="cygwin-ug-net.html" title="Cygwin User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="overview.html" title="Chapter 1. Cygwin Overview"><link rel="prev" href="ov-ex-win.html" title="Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with Windows"><link rel="next" href="are-free.html" title="Are the Cygwin tools free software?"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with UNIX</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ov-ex-win.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 1. Cygwin Overview</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="are-free.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="ov-ex-unix"></a>Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with UNIX</h2></div></div></div><p>
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If you are an experienced UNIX user who misses a powerful command-line
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environment, you will enjoy Cygwin.
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Developers coming from a UNIX background will find a set of utilities
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they are already comfortable using, including a working UNIX shell. The
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compiler tools are the standard GNU compilers most people will have previously
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used under UNIX, only ported to the Windows host. Programmers wishing to port
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UNIX software to Windows NT will find that the Cygwin library provides
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an easy way to port many UNIX packages, with only minimal source code
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changes.
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</p><p>
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Note that there are some workarounds that cause Cygwin to behave differently
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than most UNIX-like operating systems; these are described in more detail in
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<a class="xref" href="using-effectively.html" title="Using Cygwin effectively with Windows">the section called “Using Cygwin effectively with Windows”</a>.
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</p><p>
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Use the graphical command <span class="command"><strong>setup.exe</strong></span> any time you want
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to update or install a Cygwin package. This program must be run
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manually every time you want to check for updated packages since Cygwin
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does not currently include a mechanism for automatically detecting
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package updates.
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</p><p>
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By default, <span class="command"><strong>setup.exe</strong></span> only installs a minimal subset of
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packages. Add any other packages by clicking on the <code class="literal">+</code>
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next to the Category name and selecting the package from the displayed
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list. You may search for specfic tools by using the
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<a class="ulink" href="https://cygwin.com/packages/" target="_top">Setup Package Search</a>
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at the Cygwin web site.
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</p><p>
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After installation, you can find Cygwin-specific documentation in
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the <code class="literal">/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/</code> directory.
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</p><p>
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For more information about what each option in
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<span class="command"><strong>setup.exe</strong></span> means, see <a class="xref" href="setup-net.html#internet-setup" title="Internet Setup">the section called “Internet Setup”</a>.
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