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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
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<sect1 id="ov-ex-unix">
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<title>Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with UNIX</title>
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<para>
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If you are an experienced UNIX user who misses a powerful command-line
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environment, you will enjoy Cygwin.
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Developers coming from a UNIX background will find a set of utilities
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they are already comfortable using, including a working UNIX shell. The
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compiler tools are the standard GNU compilers most people will have previously
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used under UNIX, only ported to the Windows host. Programmers wishing to port
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UNIX software to Windows NT will find that the Cygwin library provides
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an easy way to port many UNIX packages, with only minimal source code
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changes.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that there are some workarounds that cause Cygwin to behave differently
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than most UNIX-like operating systems; these are described in more detail in
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<xref linkend="using-effectively"></xref>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Use the graphical command <command>setup.exe</command> any time you want
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to update or install a Cygwin package. This program must be run
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manually every time you want to check for updated packages since Cygwin
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does not currently include a mechanism for automatically detecting
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package updates.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default, <command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal subset of
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packages. Add any other packages by clicking on the <literal>+</literal>
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next to the Category name and selecting the package from the displayed
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list. You may search for specfic tools by using the
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<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/packages/">Setup Package Search</ulink>
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at the Cygwin web site.
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</para>
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<para>
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Another option is to install everything by clicking on the
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<literal>Default</literal> field next to the <literal>All</literal>
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category. However, be advised that this will download and install
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several hundreds of megabytes of software to your computer. The best
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plan is probably to click on individual categories and install either
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entire categories or packages from the categories themselves.
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After installation, you can find Cygwin-specific documentation in
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the <literal>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/</literal> directory.
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</para>
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<para>
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For more information about what each option in
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<command>setup.exe</command> means, see <xref
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linkend="internet-setup"></xref>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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