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Windows. I need to update this section to include some mention of Windows. I need to update this section to include some mention of
these alternatives. these alternatives.
- The MSYS environment. I have no experience using the MSYS environment - The MSYS environment. See http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS if you
and that configuration will not be discussed in this README file. are interested in using MSYS. People report to me that they have
See http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS if you are interested in used MSYS successfully. I suppose that the advantages of the MSYS
using MSYS. People report to me that they have used MSYS environment is that it is closer to a native Windows environment and
successfully. I suppose that the advantages of the MSYS environment uses only a minimal number of add-on POSIX-land tools.
is that it is closer to a native Windows environment and uses only a
minimal of add-on POSIX-land tools. The download link in that Wiki takes you to the SourceForge download
site. The SourceForge MSYS project has been stagnant for some time.
The MSYS project has more recently moved to
http://odsn.net/projects/sfnet_mingwbundle. Downloads of current .zip
files are available there but no instructions for the installation.
- MSYS2 appears to a be newer re-write of MSYS. Is it available at
https://www.msys2.org. A windows installer is available at that site
along with very good installation instructions. The download is
relatively quick (at least compared to Cygwin) and the'pacman' package
management tool supports supports simple system updates. For example,
'pacman -S git' will install the GIT command line utilities.
- Other POSIX environments. Check out: - Other POSIX environments. Check out:
UnxUtils: https://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/, UnxUtils: https://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnxUtils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnxUtils
MobaXterm: https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/ MobaXterm: https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/
Gow`: https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki Gow: https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki
Disclaimer: In priniple, these should work. However, I have never Disclaimer: In priniple, these should work. However, I have never
used any of these environments and cannot guarantee that there is used any of these environments and cannot guarantee that there is