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Select a mirror, then click Next to continue. If you have a personal firewall, click “Allow” if it asks you whether or not setup.exe should connect to the Internet.
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Click Next to continue.Ĭygwin Setup will now download the list of mirrors. Using the default location for the files without checking it first is a bad choice, as 1) it’s often hard to find and 2) the Setup files are not automatically deleted, thus taking up space in a hidden corner of your C drive.įor most Internet Connections, use Direct Connection, as a proxy is not in use. Once Setup is completed, the files can be deleted if you do not wish to save them.
#BEST CYGWIN TUTORIAL INSTALL#
You may choose to burn them to a CD in case you ever have to install Cygwin again. Here, I’ve chosen “c:\Downloads\Cygwin” as a place to save these files. Leave the defaults as-is, then click Next.Ĭygwin Setup needs a place to save the files it downloads to install Cygwin. In this case, we will select “Install from Internet”. Many LINUX programs can be recompiled using Cygwin so that they can be run under Windows.
#BEST CYGWIN TUTORIAL WINDOWS#
It provides many of the standard GNU tools and applications that one would find on a LINUX computer, as well as an environment that allows them to run within the Windows operating system. Cygwin is a LINUX-like environment for Windows. Here, we will be setting up an X-Windows Server using Cygwin, and enabling PuTTY to forward connections from remote graphical applications to the local X-Windows Server, so that they can display data on the local monitor and get input from the local keyboard/mouse. The X-Windows Server is a program that acts as an interface between graphical UNIX applications and the graphics subsystem of the computer. Background: All graphical UNIX applications connect to an X-Windows Server to display graphical data on the monitor of the computer. Cygwin/X In this part of the tutorial, we will set up the Cygwin X-Windows Server, and enable PuTTY’s X11 Forwarding Capability to run graphical applications over the network. (Here I have used the ls command as an example.) When you are finished, type exit and press enter to log out. You will then be presented with the shell prompt, at which you can enter commands to be executed on the remote computer. The system will then ask you for your password: enter it, and press Enter once more. Next, you will see the “login as” prompt: enter your CS user name, and press Enter. You will not see this dialog box on subsequent connections. Since you do trust this machine, click Yes. When you connect, you’ll receive the following message box, since you’re connecting to the machine for the first time.Ĭlick Yes to tell PuTTY to connect to the remote computer and to remember the remote computer’s key for subsequent connections. If you have a personal firewall, click “Allow” if it asks you whether or not putty.exe should connect to the Internet. However, if you are going to connect to a machine often, it’s best to save a profile. You can quickly connect to a host for “just one time” by entering its host name, and clicking Open. When you start PuTTY in the future, you’ll see that your profile is saved.ĭouble-click a profile to connect to it. To do this, enter a name here… …and then click Save to save the session profile. You’ll probably want to save the connection info so that you can connect quickly later. Leave the Port at 22, and make sure the Protocol is set to SSH.įirst enter the host name of the machine you wish to connect to… For now, we’ll just connect with a text console. In this first portion of the tutorial, we will run PuTTY as a simple SSH client, without the use of X forwarding for graphical applications (that comes in the second part of the turorial). Now, let’s begin! Double-click the PuTTY icon, and the PuTTY Configuration window will appear: I personally recommend the desktop, so that you’re just a double-click away. You’ll want to save this file in an easily accessible location. PuTTY Start by downloading PuTTY (not PuTTYTel, but PuTTY, as seen above). Files You’ll Need: PuTTY (the SSH client) Cygwin
#BEST CYGWIN TUTORIAL HOW TO#
PuTTY/Cygwin Tutorial By Ben Meister Written for CS 23, Winter 2007 This tutorial will show you how to set up and use PuTTY to connect to CS Department computers using SSH, and how to install and use the Cygwin X-Windows Server to run graphical applications over the PuTTY connection.