How to install cygwin on windows?

@sarveshgupta-txtmu5 • Oct 18, 2024

Oct 18, 2024

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Can anybody tell how to install cygwin on windows xp?

Please tell what are the steps involved?

I have downloaded the setup.exe from the cygwin.com but now for the installation purposes it asks sites

I have entered a mirror of india and new york but now response as it is unable to set up the connection.

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sarveshgupta

@sarveshgupta-txtmu5 • Nov 20, 2009

Can anyone help in installing cygwin on win xp?
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sookie

@sookie-T06sFW • Nov 20, 2009

Hi sarveshgupta,

Did you check following two links ?

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vik001ind

@vik001ind-rOaCSy • Nov 20, 2009

If you download cygwin files using the cygwin 372kb setup, it will take huge amount of time & may result in total waste of time.
Instead download all files from this link
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& then unzip it & run setup.exe .
Its a cake walk.
This zip file is about 70mb, but cygwin don't run properly on vista or 7, so use it in xp.
For uninstalling, it can't be uninstalled from control panel, so you have to delete its content from program files & registry, later requires much care.

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sarveshgupta

@sarveshgupta-txtmu5 • Nov 21, 2009

Then also tell me about the uninstall procedure in a little more detail
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vik001ind

@vik001ind-rOaCSy • Nov 21, 2009

for uninstalling open registry, go to edit > find, search word "cygwin" & as the word shows up press delete key, then press f3 for find next appearance for the word. Repeat till no cygwin word is found. Be careful, do not to delete any other entry by mistake.
also delete all cygwin files made on your system, including shortcuts etc.
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sarveshgupta

@sarveshgupta-txtmu5 • Nov 22, 2009

Thanks vik

to open the registry does we have to start|run|regedit is it correct?
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vik001ind

@vik001ind-rOaCSy • Nov 22, 2009

yeah, you can also open it from cmd, by entering regedit or directly from system32 folder in c:/windows
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