Cygwin

Name: Cygwin
Works on: windows

Windows 7 and above

Version: 2.8
Last Updated: 24 Apr 2017
Release: 02 Apr 2017
Category: System > OS Enhancements

Rate this software:
716 downloads

View Screenshots(1)

Comments

Download

Liked it? Tell others:

Cygwin Tags

linux on windows linux environment linux emulator linux emulator environment emulation

Cygwin Details

Works on: Windows 10 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 8 | Windows 7 | Windows 2012
File Format: exe

SHA1 Hash 32bit version: e085b40ddb340a7dfd009e0e817198487fffd0c3
Size 32bit version: 880.66 KB

SHA1 Hash 64bit version: e27551bd924c9d12d1057c6ac67245ee60fe0f1e
Size 64bit version: 916.5 KB

Rating: 2.217391304 out of 5 based on 23 user ratings

Publisher Website: External Link
Downloads: 716
License: Free

Cygwin is a free software by Red Hat Inc and works on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 2012.
You can download Cygwin which is 880.66 KB in size and belongs to the software category OS Enhancements.
Cygwin was released on 2017-04-02 and last updated on our database on 2017-04-24 and is currently at version 2.8.
We also have Cygwin 64bit version which is 916.5 KB in size and will work on x64 computers.

Thank you for downloading from SoftPaz! Your download should start any moment now. It would be great if you could rate and share:

Rate this software:
Share in your network:

Cygwin Description

Cygwin consists of a collection of various tools and libraries aimed to provide a Linux-like environment on Windows Operating System. It acts as an emulation layer, making it possible to run native Linux applications on Microsoft Windows.

Run apps developed for Linux on Windows

Originally developed by Cygnus Solutions, but acquired in 2000 by Red Hat, Cygwin is mostly bent on providing programmers with a simple way to provide Windows compatibility for applications that were originally developed for Linux environments. A few examples of Unix applications ported successfully are KDE, GNOME and Apache.

Components included in the package

Cygwin consists of a DLL whose purpose is to provide POSIX API functionality and a collection of utilities that are able to accommodate the Unix look and feel on Windows computers. Components such as syslogd, inetd, crond and several such daemons are deployed as services, thus making it possible for Windows to behave in a Linux manner.

Tweaks during the installation process

Being such a complex application, a sophisticated installation is expected. Deployment requires several user interventions, as well as a working Internet connection for downloading files from dedicated servers.
Users are advised to pay attention to the packages they select during setup; the more components, the longer the installation process. By default, the selection is minimal and includes only the bash shell, as well as core utilities, which are common in Unix command-line.
Other components, such as terminals (mintty, util-linux), text utilities (grep, diff, patch), shells (dash, zsh, tcsh), servers (Apache, PostgreSQL, OpenSSH) and other development-related utilities are available in optional packages.

Bottom line

However, the default selection should be enough for compiling source code in order to produce GUI or console applications that are compatible with Windows. After all, the beauty of Cygwin comes from the fact that developers need not make extensive changes to the code, but few adjustments and additions.

Cygwin Screenshots

Similar Software