The setup program tracks the versions of all installed components and provides the mechanism for installing or updating everything available from this site for Cygwin.

Use the setup program to perform a fresh install or to update an existing installation. Keep in mind that individual packages in the distribution are updated separately from the DLL so the Cygwin DLL …

To install the Cygwin net release, go to https://cygwin.com/ and run setup-x86_64.exe to install the 64 bit version of Cygwin. This will download a GUI installer which can be run to download a complete …

Cygwin has a nice setup program that downloads and installs the necessary Cygwin packages for you.

Cygwin User's Guide The Cygwin User's Guide is now available in several formats: Several HTML files, with Table of Contents One large compressed HTML file One PDF file Alternatively, you may jump to …

If you are interested in creating a local mirror, with or without custom Cygwin packages, see the package server page. If you are interested in improving setup, see the setup homepage.

To install a basic Cygwin environment, run the Cygwin Setup program from the Cygwin homepage and click Next at each page. The default settings are correct for most users. If you want to know more …

However, if you don't have administrator rights for your machine, and the admins don't want to install it for you, you can install Cygwin just for yourself by downloading the Cygwin Setup program, and then …

Whether or not you already have Cygwin installed, you can add Cygwin/X to your installation by downloading and running setup, and selecting the 'xinit' package from the 'X11' category.

Described below are several methods of starting up the Cygwin/X X Server with a startup utility that optionally starts initial clients (for example, a terminal, a window manager, or a desktop environment) …