How to Install GNU Parallel on Windows 10 using git-bash

Question

Has anyone been able to successfully use GNU Parallel on Windows 10 with git-bash? Is it possible? - If so, how?

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Background: I'm having trouble installing GNU Parallel and using it, and it got me thinking - maybe git-bash is holding me back? I'm sure if I installed Ubuntu through WSL I wouldn't have any problems running GNU Parallel. But I wanted to know if I could do this in git-bash first.

Answer 1

I just installed git-bash on a Microsoft Windows 10 machine and had no problems installing GNU Parallel.

It is by no means well tested on git-bash, but basic functionality clearly works.

I'm having trouble installing GNU Parallel

Maybe you can post the error you get when running:

$ (wget -O - pi.dk/3 || lynx -source pi.dk/3 || curl pi.dk/3/ || \
   fetch -o - http://pi.dk/3 ) > install.sh
$ sha1sum install.sh | grep 883c667e01eed62f975ad28b6d50e22a
12345678 883c667e 01eed62f 975ad28b 6d50e22a
$ md5sum install.sh | grep cc21b4c943fd03e93ae1ae49e28573c0
cc21b4c9 43fd03e9 3ae1ae49 e28573c0
$ sha512sum install.sh | grep da012ec113b49a54e705f86d51e784ebced224fdf
79945d9d 250b42a4 2067bb00 99da012e c113b49a 54e705f8 6d51e784 ebced224
fdff3f52 ca588d64 e75f6033 61bd543f d631f592 2f87ceb2 ab034149 6df84a35
$ bash install.sh