Menu
Why might one choose bin instead of src for Cygwin packages? And vice versa?
724
Installation Steps Choose a download site. "http://mirrors.kernel.org" is a good choice. "http://cygwin.mirrors.hoobly.com" is another good one, in Pennsyvania. The next screen allows you to choose packages.
Once you have an existing Cygwin installation, the setup.exe chooser is also used to manage your Cygwin installation. Information on installed packages is kept in the /etc/setup/ directory of your Cygwin installation; if setup.exe cannot find this directory it will act as if you have no Cygwin installation.
By default you install the bin version, the final executable. If you are doing development work you can also install the source files so you can modify and update the tools and contribute to Cygwin directly.
161
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
