

You can run setup again in the future to add more packages. To keep the installation small while saving bandwidth for you and Cygwin, the default installer will download only the files you need from the internet. Packages are selected if you wish to use telnet or 01:13 Install Cygwin Cygwin comes with a normal setup.exe to install in Windows, but there are a couple steps you will need to pay attention to, so we will walk you through the installation. Manager or Desktop Environment you want to use (see the Section called Starting an X desktop environment session or X window manager in windowed mode in Chapter 3), and any fonts you would like to have You may also select any X client programs you want to use, any X Window Support: Issues with packages provided by Cygwin Ports in the Cygwin distribution should use the usual Cygwin mailing lists. Xlaunch (optional, a wizard for starting X sessions) Installation: Follow the normal Cygwin installation instructionsin order to install any of the packages currently maintained by this project. On the Start Menu to run it), startxdmcp.bat ) Xinit (required, scripts for starting the X server: xinit, Xorg-server (required, the Cygwin/X X Server) Given below a listing of the general Cygwin packages would be

On the next screen you will select the packages that will beĭownloaded and installed.

Setup will download a list of available packages as it moves to the Click Next to proceed to the next screen
