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| <sect1 id="ov-ex-unix"> |
| <title>Quick Start Guide for those more experienced with UNIX</title> |
| <para> |
| If you are an experienced UNIX user who misses a powerful command-line |
| environment, you will enjoy Cygwin. |
| Developers coming from a UNIX background will find a set of utilities |
| they are already comfortable using, including a working UNIX shell. The |
| compiler tools are the standard GNU compilers most people will have previously |
| used under UNIX, only ported to the Windows host. Programmers wishing to port |
| UNIX software to Windows NT will find that the Cygwin library provides |
| an easy way to port many UNIX packages, with only minimal source code |
| changes. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| Note that there are some workarounds that cause Cygwin to behave differently |
| than most UNIX-like operating systems; these are described in more detail in |
| <xref linkend="using-effectively"></xref>. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| Use the graphical command <command>setup.exe</command> any time you want |
| to update or install a Cygwin package. This program must be run |
| manually every time you want to check for updated packages since Cygwin |
| does not currently include a mechanism for automatically detecting |
| package updates. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| By default, <command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal subset of |
| packages. Add any other packages by clicking on the <literal>+</literal> |
| next to the Category name and selecting the package from the displayed |
| list. You may search for specfic tools by using the |
| <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/packages/">Setup Package Search</ulink> |
| at the Cygwin web site. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| After installation, you can find Cygwin-specific documentation in |
| the <literal>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/</literal> directory. |
| </para> |
| <para> |
| For more information about what each option in |
| <command>setup.exe</command> means, see <xref |
| linkend="internet-setup"></xref>. |
| </para> |
| |
| </sect1> |
