[CS-FSLUG] Cygwin Without X

[Tim Young]

I usually install cygwin without xwindows.
Usually I simply download the setup.exe program and run it, and 
simply choose the few packages I want.

Cygwin is litterally a bunch of exe files and a few Dll files.  I 
regularly copy a few dll files and the ssh.exe file to different 
computers so I can set up scripted ssh connections.  Anyway.  I do 
not think you will find many guides showing how to do it, simply 
because there is no need to use xwindows when you do cygwin.

Actually, it is a little harder to do cygwin WITH xwindows.  So few 
people know how to actually use xwindows that it takes a lot more 
explanation for how to do it.

So, the simple way to do it is to download the setup.exe file and 
simply only check the packages you want to install.  If you do not 
select xwindows as a part of the package, you will not get it.

     - Tim Young

On 5/26/2012 7:39 AM, Ed Hurst wrote:
> Does anyone know of a guide for installing and using Cygwin without 
> X? I haven't found anything which addresses this directly, and I'm 
> not satisfied with the amount of time I'd have to invest reading 
> the generous documentation just to extract a few details.
>