The following instructions for installing Cygwin are provided
for your convenience and to ensure that your Cygwin environment works
correctly with
Data
Studio.
About this task
These instructions are based on Cygwin 1.5.25-15. Over time,
changes occur that might make these instructions inaccurate. For the
most current instructions for installing Cygwin, see the official
documentation for Cygwin at
http://cygwin.com.
Procedure
To install Cygwin, complete the following steps:
- Go to http://cygwin.com.
- Click Install or update now, and
click Run when you are prompted to run or save
the file.
- On the Cygwin Net Release Setup Program dialog, click Next.
- Specify C:\cygwin as the directory
into which to install Cygwin, and click Next.
Attention: Choosing a different installation directory
can result in the Cygwin environment not working correctly with
Data
Studio.
- Optional: Select a directory into which to store the downloaded
installation files, and click Next.
- Select an ftp download site, and click Next. The Select Packages list is displayed.
- Select the packages to include in your installation. The
Base package is included by default. In addition to the Base package,
select the following packages to include:
- Expand the Admin category, and
click the icon for cygrunsrv: NT/W2K service initiator.
- Expand the Net category, and
click the icon for openssh. When
you select openssh, openssl is
automatically selected.
- Click Next.
The package files are downloaded and stored in the specified
directory. When the downloading is complete, Cygwin is installed.
What to do next
After Cygwin is installed, you must configure CYGWIN sshd
to run as an automatic service, and then you must start the service.