-\r
-recommended packages to install in cygwin's setup\r
-if you're going to use cygwin on windows:\r
-\r
-first, keep all the standard packages that cygwin will enable.\r
-second, add these packages to get the full recommended set...\r
-\r
-===========\r
-\r
-using apt-cyg (https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg),\r
-this is the only command needed:\r
-\r
-apt-cyg install bc crypt emacs email expect gcc-g++ git gitk gvim inetutils \\r
- libcrypt-devel libcurl-devel libgnutls-devel make mutt ncftp openssh \\r
- openssl-devel perl python subversion time unzip util-linux vim xinit \\r
- xterm zip\r
-\r
-\r
-===========\r
-\r
-list broken out by category:\r
-\r
-shells:\r
- python\r
- perl\r
-\r
-network:\r
- ncftp\r
- openssh\r
-\r
-editors:\r
- vim\r
- gvim\r
- emacs\r
-\r
-revision control:\r
- git\r
- gitk\r
- subversion\r
-\r
-general tools:\r
- bc\r
- expect\r
- util-linux\r
- inetutils\r
- email\r
- mutt\r
- unzip\r
- zip\r
- crypt\r
- time\r
-\r
-libraries:\r
- libcurl-devel\r
- libgnutls-devel \r
- openssl-devel\r
-\r
-build tools:\r
- gcc4\r
- make\r
-\r
-x window support:\r
- xterm\r
- xinit\r
-\r
+
+The cygwin setup app is available at: http://cygwin.com
+
+The default packages selected by Cygwin are a good starting point for running
+Feisty Meow on windows. If you supplement this set with a few additional
+packages, you can rely on the apt-cyg tool rather than having to run the
+Cygwin setup program (which can be a little fiddly). Here is a step by step
+process to getting going with apt-cyg:
+
+1) Install Cygwin.
+
+Run the Cygwin setup exe from their website. Keep all the default packages
+that the installer suggests, but add the following additional ones (the
+easiest way to add additional packages is to switch to the "Full" view for the
+package list and then search for the terms below):
+
+ + lynx
+ + wget
+ + subversion
+
+2) Install apt-cyg.
+
+The apt-cyg program brings the convenience of the Debian and Ubuntu installer
+application (apt) to Cygwin. This program does require a couple of additional
+setup steps.
+
+This material is drawn from the apt-cyg home page:
+ https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg
+
+Start the cygwin bash prompt (there should be a desktop icon or start menu
+icon for it called something like "cygwin64") and run the following
+commands (omitting the '#' in front):
+
+ # lynx -source rawgit.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg > apt-cyg
+ # install apt-cyg /bin
+
+3) Install the basic set of cygwin apps and libraries.
+
+These tools are not necessarily needed by the Feisty Meow scripts, but they
+are all required to create a sane and useful Unix or Linux environment on
+MS-Windows. You may find you will want additional packages installed in the
+future, and you can use this same approach.
+
+In the cygwin bash prompt, type this command:
+
+# apt-cyg install bc crypt cygutils emacs email expect gcc-g++ git gitk \
+ gvim inetutils less lynx make mutt ncftp openssh perl procps python \
+ sharutils shutdown subversion time unzip util-linux vim wget xinit \
+ xterm zip
+
+You may have cleverly spotted that we repeated some package names that were
+already installed using the Cygwin setup program in step 1. That is fine and
+should just fetch the latest versions.
+
+Later, to update the apt-cyg package datebase to the latest available on the
+internet, you can run this command:
+
+# apt-cyg update
+
+We don't currently know of an analog in apt-cyg of the "apt dist-upgrade"
+command, which fetches all updated versions of the installed packages. We
+think the install command above will upgrade packages when there are new ones
+available. Also, the cygwin setup tool (bless its heart) may automatically
+update packages if you run it again (you don't need to select anything again,
+but just run through the install process to get the latest).
+
+==> hmmm: verify above claims.
+
+
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