Questions tagged [cygwin]
cygwin provides a Unix/Linux-like environment under Microsoft Windows OSes.
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bash: patch.exe: Permission denied; how to turn off security regarding 'patch' in program name in windows 10?
I stumbled upon a problem patching a .diff file using patch. I use bash under windows 10 and the result of of this operation is as follows:
$ patch < patch.diff
bash: /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/patch: ...
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Copying from notepad++ also copies the name of the file at a random location
This one's weird:
(notepad++):
### Init mongo-express
docker run -d \
--network mongo-network \
--name mongo-express \
-p 8081:8081 \
-e ME_CONFIG_OPTIONS_EDITORTHEME="ambiance&...
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Installed Windows 10, file permissions causing all sorts of problems with cygwin
A little bit about my setup:
Was previously running Windows 7 with 0Patch, finally installed Windows 10 (clean install). All of my data is stored within an encrypted VHD (TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt) on a ...
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how to get /etc/machine-id on Cygwin?
seems Cygwin doesn't make a /etc/machine-id by default, how should i get a /etc/machine-id on Cygwin? i guess doing
php -r 'echo bin2hex(random_bytes(16));' > /etc/machine-id
is close enough? but ...
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Convert Files to Most Frequent Line Ending (Windows with Cygwin)
I have a bunch of files, many of which have mixed line endings (CRLF or LF). I want to write a script that iterates over a list of files, and for each file, converts the file to the line endings that ...
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How to get Cygwin bash to preserve Windows console default text colors
I had a working workflow where I would create a Windows console (using a Windows command script ("batch file")) that would (among other things such as setting environment variables) execute ...
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Cygwin sshd intermittently getting 'ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer' or not finding binaries
When I ssh to the windows box, on occasion programs on the path are not found, or I get ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer, typically when more than 10 simultaneous ...
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Default directory for zsh (cygwin) terminal is home, not working directory VSCode on Windows
I have setup custom profile for zsh via Cygwin in VSCode as below:
"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
"zsh": {
"path": "C:\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash....
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Error executing script conversion image to metadata block picture
My system is Windows and I installed Cygwin so I can run shell and bash files. I'm having problems running the second script posted here https://superuser.com/questions/169151 by @Biapy and would like ...
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Platform/version-independent sorting for gnu sort
I am trying to do an offline comparison of two lists generated on two different systems. They both have GNU coreutils so to aid the diff'ing, I sort both lists using sort before transferring them.
I'...
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Why is my installation of latest Java OpenJDK failing?
I am trying to build the latest Java OpenJDK on Windows 11 from source using Cygwin, from the Git repo https://github.com/openjdk/loom
Following the instructions in the README.md there, I see
If you ...
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How to find the port used for SCP?
I'm trying to copy a file from my local (Windows 10, Cygwin) machine to a remote (Raspberry Pi) machine using scp, I get a time out error:
$ scp main.bin root@123.12.21.123:
ssh: connect to host 123....
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Can the Windows %PROGRAMFILES(X86)% environment variable be accessed in Git Bash?
In Git Bash and Cygwin, I can easily access the Windows %PROGRAMFILES% environment variable:
$ echo $PROGRAMFILES
C:\Program Files
$ echo ${PROGRAMFILES}
C:\Program Files
However, due to the ...
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update package from older version to latest version in cygwin
I am new to the Cygwin environment. Now I need to update the package version from the older version to the newer version. I have installed the Cygwin and also installed the package from the Cygwin.
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Cygwin how do I install **all** packages
I want to install all packages from cygwin here as well as is installed Lynx in the snippet below.
How do I check them all at one or two clicks so that I do not need go one item by other ?
What ...
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run mintty(cygwin) remotely from jenkins
I am trying to run "configure" and "make" commands on windows platform (cygwin), from jenkins pipeline, running using this below command :
bat "${CYGWIN_EXECTION} /cygdrive/c/...
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Accessing notepad++ from cygwin bash
So when I am writing code, I use notepad++ and when I am done, I copy-paste it to plain old notepad because I use Cygwin and notepad is the only text editor that I know how to access from the shell. ...
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CygWin doesn't recognize Package Manager (?)
I have installed WinZip and 7Zip, but still the problem occurs
It says...
Now attempting installation...
Looking for a previous installation of SDKMAN...
Looking for unzip...
Not found.
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Prevent Cygwin from clearing terminal window
I start a new cmd.exe and run Cygwin like this:
C:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat
Then I type exit. Cygwin now clears the whole terminal window. Is there a way to prevent this?
(I cannot use miniterm.exe because ...
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Where are Cygwin installer settings stored?
I want to install cygwin on a target computer.
I want to delete the Cygwin installer settings so my installer only uses default values.
I deleted C:\cygwin and the package folder but the installer ...
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CygWin: apt-file alternative?
I am installing yt-dlp from source. It requires pandoc, which I believe is available in a CygWin package.
On Ubuntu I would run:
apt-file search /pandoc
to identify which package to install.
What is ...
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What does the "cyg" prefix mean?
I've seen so many cyg prefixed things like cygstart, cygpath, cygwin etc., but what exactly does this prefix mean?
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Cygwin installer does not terminate if run as administrator
I want to install Cygwin quietly. The problem is, that the setup does not terminate. It stays open in the background and takes 100% CPU usage. This can be seen in the task manager.
I am calling the ...
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Can I add a newline into a command from bash's history?
I often stumble across this problem:
I type a command that has multiple lines for readability. This is an example:
echo "Hello. This is an example
of a very long command which is
divided into ...
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Specify installation directory in Cygwin installer
I want to automatically install Cygwin using a batch file.
I got the command like this until now:
setup-x86.exe --packages rsync -l "F:/v2.0/cygwin/packages" -L
The setup options can be ...
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Is there a way to search for Cygwin packages by command, and then download the package, and all its dependents?
I'm currently trying to use a program called Paml, in Cygwin but to initially configure it I need to use the "qmake" command in a Cygwin which as far as I can tell, seems to be part of the ...
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Cygwin ctrl-number not working (in cli emacs)
Cygwin ctrl-number is not working in cli emacs. I disabled the mintty options for keyboard shortcuts, so now ^- does work the same as ^u -1. Still, ctrl-number shortcuts do not work in emacs. ^4 ^x o ...
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Cygwin: git 2.33.0: gitk not showing diffs from index
I have been using Cygwin git for a long time (since about 2012). Much better than msysgit, as bash and all utilities are identical to what runs on linux, which is where I deploy. I have lots of ...
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Sendemail command not found in cygwin
So I am trying to use sendmail in cygwin because on the server I cannot use other options like mutt because they aren't supported. I have downloaded the sendmail package during the cygwin setup, but ...
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Cygwin: OpenSSH_8.8p1 appears broken, downgrade to OpenSSH_8.7p1 fixes it
I have been using Cygwin on Windows 10 for many years, and using ssh to access an AWS EC2 Amazon Linux instance for development. Recently, I bought a new Windows 10 PC, installed Cygwin in the usual ...
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Where are Cygwin Packages Installed?
I've recently installed cygwin64 on my Windows 10 machine in an attempt to build a project using cmake (Through CLion).
The project has lz4 as a dependency and when running the cygwin setup, there's a ...
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Can I use Cygwin with Windows-native-only terminal apps?
I use a Cygwin on Windows relatively often. However - the Cygwin terminal app, mintty.exe, is... well, underwhelming. It has repaint issues, resizes don't always get communicated like I would expect ...
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Foreign language characters typed in or pasted into Cygwin terminal are garbled
I'm trying to understand what is happening when I type certain foreign-language characters in Cygwin's mintty or xterm terminal, or when I copy and paste characters into a Cygwin terminal from a ...
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Can I let `rm` prompt again if I type the wrong key?
Question
Is there any way to let rm -i just ask again if I type in anything different than j/J/n/N at its prompt?
Reason
Consider this small example:
echo "Hey, I am a file. Or at least I am IN ...
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Cygwin install NS2 issue
I'm trying to install ns2 (ns-allinone-2.35) with the help of cygwin 2.909-32bit in windows 10. i run ./install but i get the error :
tcp/tcp-fack.cc:302:22: warning: ISO C++17 does not allow ‘...
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change windows partition device number as reported by cygwin stat
I have two partitions with the same device number:
$ stat -c "%D" /cygdrive/c
ec6d967e
$ stat -c "%D" /cygdrive/g
ec6d967e
I believe this is because G: was restored from an image ...
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Cygwin bash prompt is removing unexpected characters with multiline command [duplicate]
I repaired line wrapping in my cygwin using of the solution in Cygwin bash prompt is wrapping lines on the same line. However, I encountered another problem.
When a long command is posted, it's split ...
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Cygwin / Windows 10 cli: is there a command that can focus a application/window?
I'm looking for a command that can bring a window into focus. The command has to work in a cygwin terminal, but I imagine this command will be built into Windows, so it's worth saying I'm using ...
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Cygwin terminal cannot find the installed package
I have install Cygwin in C:\cygwin64 and installed e2fsprogs package; but Cygwin terminal still cannot find e2fsck:
C:\cygwin64\var\log\setup.log:
2021/07/16 16:40:46 Starting cygwin install, version ...
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Cygwin / mintty window size and GNU bash readline do not get along?
I have a problem with the Cygwin / mintty window size and the standard GNU bash readline shell. When I have 80 columns or less it works normally. But when I make the window wider then the bash (...
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cygwin / mintty backspace and delete key mapping woes
I heavily rely on Cygwin (that uses mintty) and Open SSH to work on remote systems on command lines and then using emacs in text mode as editor. I particularly love using the screen(1) program so all ...
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cygwin / mintty color scheme woes
I heavily rely on Cygwin (that uses mintty) and SSH to work on remote systems on command lines and then using emacs in text mode as editor. I find the default color schemes of the cygwin shell ...
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Struggling with installing Audacious part 2
So I did install pkg-config just fine, I even saw signs that I installed it correctly. However, when I tried to compile Audacious again with cygwin, I get this message:
Package 'glib-2.0', required by ...
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GNU Parallel is behaving differently on SIGTERM in two cygwin installations
Consider this small bash function:
saySomethingToSomebody() {
sleep 1
echo "$1 $2."
sleep 2
}
When I call saySomethingToSomebody Hello Adam, it says Hello Adam. and waits a bit ...
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Cygwin silent install with local packages (No Internet)
I need to silent install Cygwin and make package. There are a lot of computer we have. But Internet connection is limited. So i have make package and how can i install with local package? I tried ...
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Struggling with installing Audacious, which requires pkg-config
Title should be self-explanatory. I thought the pkg_config installation didn't give me errors at all, so I assumed it installed fine, but I got this error when installing Audacious.
How do I deal with ...
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In cygwin usr/bin folder is missing
I have installed Cygwin and once I started to build a C++ file in Visual Studio Code with Cygwin GCC, I noticed that it uses some usr/bin folder. Then I went to check what is in Cygwin usr/bin folder. ...
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How to setup Cygwin in Sublime Text in terminus?
I saw a post about how to set up Cygwin in Sublime Text in this link, but it's still not working in my case.
[
{
"keys": ["alt+o"], "command": "...
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Is there any way to reattach to a screen session that's in a loop?
I'm using Cygwin to run screen on Windows if it matters.
Say I have a simple loop running. Like "Enter a number, if it's not zero, loop back and enter another number." and I want to run that ...
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How to install latest GCC/Mingw in Windows 7 32 bit Operating System?
I know that I can download MinGW from Cygwin, MSYS, but I saw that they don't have the latest GCC compiler. And that's why I searched in Google that how to get latest GCC in windows, and I found ...
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