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I just installed Cygwin and can launch a bash shell from windows, do ls, emacs, vi , etc. However, when I do g++ it says command not found.
I thought g++ was installed by default in Cygwin? If that's not the case, what are the exact categories under which I can add g++ as a package to my cygwin?
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Cygwin is a UNIX environment, developed by Red Hat, for Windows. You can compile your C programs by the command gcc in the Cygwin command window.
According to the developers, "Cygwin is a Open-source Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL ( cygwin1. dll ) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality. A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel."
Did you install the Devel packages?
I would suggest you read this tutorial to get up and running.
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It's a good idea to just install everything with CygWin. When you run setup, just click on the circular icon at the top level until it reads "Full" rather then "Default" - that will install all the packages.
I've sometimes had trouble installing single packages due to dependencies but a full install is not affected by that same problem.
Disk space is cheap, your time spent trying to figure out why things don't work is not.
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