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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-win">
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<title>Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with Windows</title>
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<para>
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If you are new to the world of UNIX, you may find it difficult to
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understand at first. This guide is not meant to be comprehensive,
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so we recommend that you use the many available Internet resources
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to become acquainted with UNIX basics (search for "UNIX basics" or
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"UNIX tutorial").
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</para>
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<para>
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To install a basic Cygwin environment, run the
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<command>setup.exe</command> program and click <literal>Next</literal>
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at each page. The default settings are correct for most users. If you
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want to know more about what each option means, see
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<xref linkend="internet-setup"></xref>. Use <command>setup.exe</command>
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any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. If you are
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installing Cygwin for a specific purpose, use it to install the tools
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that you need. For example, if you want to compile C++ programs, you
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need the <systemitem>gcc-g++</systemitem> package and probably a text
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editor like <systemitem>nano</systemitem>. When running
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<command>setup.exe</command>, clicking on categories and packages in the
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package installation screen will provide you with the ability to control
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what is installed or updated.
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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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Developers coming from a Windows background will be able to write
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console or GUI executables that rely on the Microsoft Win32 API instead
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of Cygwin using the mingw32 or mingw64 cross-compiler toolchains. The
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<command>-shared</command> option to GCC allows to write Windows Dynamically
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Linked Libraries (DLLs). The resource compiler <command>windres</command>
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is also provided.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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