X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=EzMQ1VSmd7wwcU9jpwayD+jRV2h/MreYtX6ASj+jE1v vIComK6kYFl0RNKGAKP1ccYliu+MD3e6tIoPORA8BYFVTg+D5K8PYVd1hIgtF4M7 lzaXSKTGyps3QQWFIJPzJPCrNjFLuOYNBU97LCODfNAnIZVqQo7p5jW9w1MaY3Ko = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=sGtA9u95SPz5fZN8eEYXUfgP4Uc=; b=wQ1YOcAjtf9CYiaMr yTl/IJd3/kb5yCAN8FxHzpDjdH8pEbAM5c53oEDPpU8MpLGzMsl8Ky0Z15OlHl3T qz8kee525DofLIgEYm7IXfVQhFQAWlKddyvMawJIQugRdm9LARPGnuPJd1D32Iwe pnRGwm/KlpOyBV9KoRiFXYa4h4= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ie0-f177.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:message-id:to:subject:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VxfZ8Qn394ugF5j4w8IglStx8edZedePbPw8XaKDMU0=; b=O2KN8IpOj5A5Q956Kx91UIgEsMBUzUYtYRq2C2dlr5d8XIDv/ol5eJOquOEuibBYTp D6DOFpHuj/6hU5/Vqx9lo8nOdfa3PPsp2OesktcXlrkq0da+sKSbufVgYVcVwa6bzXWQ h7C5KQaVVeH29enHA+X0lTGveI3G1kaAyFPQ54iyA66miy1rG2OAmMOPxsIKb9b8RnNv RxMbd62QCRwOE7f6RmiuQhZA3S2UG+sOyMOYTw3p8CA448Y2Qdmq9oUqufvAeSTUkBCN WSrNuszPATj6n0GPHL5V2d/1y+zidIkus3j6w5b3eupHUPWrgz3j2RFkruoY3nLy0TS8 vSKw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQklo+5YsMFtxulJM0FAQhh6g8iovv7Hn6XOM7wRkp3gdwv603ljIZK2D1i1qtNlW0cO4VD5 X-Received: by 10.50.142.97 with SMTP id rv1mr63079135igb.13.1404468965802; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 03:16:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 06:15:57 -0400 From: "Chris J. Breisch" Message-ID: <59795874.20140704061557@breisch.org> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Why do I need Cygwin for Yeoman? In-Reply-To: <53B66D7C.2080905@claresudbery.co.uk> References: <53B66D7C DOT 2080905 AT claresudbery DOT co DOT uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id s64AGTM5031660 At Friday, July 4, 2014, 5:01:48 AM, Clare Sudbery wrote: > Hi > I know this will seem a very facile question, but I have checked Google > and searched your archives, and I can't find the info I am looking for. > I am currently working through a Yeoman tutorial (here: > http://yeoman.io/codelab.html). > I am a .NET MVC Windows developer with JavaScript front end experience, > but I have never used Linux or Yeoman. > The tutorial recommends using Cygwin as a command prompt ("Most of your > interactions with Yeoman will be through the command line. Run commands > in the Terminal app if you’re on Mac, your shell in Linux, or Cygwin if > you are on Windows."). My guess is that they want consistency for their tutorial. For all I know they actually have bits of the tutorial that depend upon being in a Unix type shell. > I had never heard of Cygwin before, so I assumed it was just an enhanced > command prompt. I see from the home page that Cygwin is used to do Linus > dev in a Windows environment. I have no plans to do any Linux dev, but I > thought I may as well use whatever tools were being used in the Yeoman > tutorial. So I downloaded Cygwin... and it took several hours! It shouldn't take that long. I hope that you didn't download the whole thing. I would start with a base install, and add things if you find out that you need them. > At the very end of the Cygwin download, my anti-virus software (Avast) > blocked an infected file > (hxxp://box-soft.com//x86_64/release/imlib2/libImlib2_1/libImlib2_1-1.4.5-2.tar.bz2|libImlib2_1-1.4.5-2.tar|usr\lib\imlib2\loaders\tga.dll) > so I had to finish with "download incomplete". Sounds like a problem with your anti-virus software. You should disable it while installing Cygwin. > Nothing has been installed. After such a gigantic download, I am wary of > running the setup exe - given that I thought I was just installing a > command prompt. It shouldn't be a gigantic download. > Do I actually NEED Cygwin to use Yeoman? Can I just install a Cygwin > command prompt and leave the rest? I don't know the answer to the first question, but the answer to the second question is no. However, you can install just the base system. That's what I would recommend. -- Chris J. Breisch -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple