I have (64-bit) Cygwin install on my Windows machine; and I'm also using mobaxterm 12.4.
How do I get my mobaxterm to...
- Start a Cygwin shell session? Or better yet
- Use Cygwin as the default when launching a "Local Terminal"?
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Have you tried the mobaxterm cygwin plugin? MobaXterm Xserver with SSH, telnet, RDP, VNC and X11 - Plugins– DavidPostill ♦May 26, 2020 at 11:34
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the internal mobxaterm terminal is a cygwin, in configuratio->terminal->local shell you have different options (cmd, powershell, zsh,...) but no options to add an external one.– ZinaMay 26, 2020 at 11:35
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@DavidPostill: What plugin exactly? There isn't a plugin named "cygwin".– einpoklumMay 26, 2020 at 12:02
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@Zina: That's... annoying :-( I want it to use my full-fledged cygwin, with the Cygwin home directory for my user and everything.– einpoklumMay 26, 2020 at 12:03
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well, maybe running cygwin from within the mobaxterm local terminal might work, look into the execute command on start option...maybe you will be able to work around it with it– ZinaMay 26, 2020 at 13:33
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it's also possible to create a shell session with the 'Bash (external)' option
Menu Sessions -> New Session -> Shell -> Bash (external) -> Advanced Shell Settings -> Distribution Directory -> C:\path\to\cygwin64
tested with version 22.3
The trick is to use a CMD terminal that starts a cygwin BASH session upon startup, as follows (adapt the cygwin location and the user to your situation):
MobaXterm | Session | Shell | Terminal Shell: Cmd | Advanced Shell Settings | Execute:
set HOME=/home/<user>;
C:\\Localdata\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash --login
