cygwin Posted on December 08, 2010 @ 17:20 tools

• clear
• powershell vs unix shells

tools * [gnu screen] * tutorial * quick ref

packages

• ruby
• python
• ncurses
• openssh
• wget
• gcc
• lynx

ruby

To get ruby working on both windows and cygwin you need to unset the RUBYOPT variable in your ".bash_profile"

1   unset RUBYOPT

gems

• gem install rdiscount
• gem install jekyll
• gem install jekyll_ext
• gem install vmail

python

Install the python package under cygwin. then to get easy_install

1   $ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
2   $ python ez_setup.py

sourced from server fault

Then to get pygments:

1   $ easy_install Pygments

sourced from github

To Do

These are things that I need to figure out how to accomplish under cygwin.

• find equivalent to "start ." or "nautilus ."
• launch gvim from shell. e.g "gvim ."
• figure out why vmail does not work.
• kill windows processes e.g. "ps msbuild.exe | kill"
• install inconsolata font