Setting up Cygwin, Linux Command Line, on a Windows Box

For all of you Linux (and Unix) users who are used to the Linux command line there is an application called Cygwin. Not only does it allow you to use the familiar command line commands but it also includes the ability to execute bash and csh shell scripts on a Windows machine.

When installing it, here are a few additional packages you’ll probably want to include:

vim, ncurses, tcsh

Simply type them into the search field and then check off those packages.

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