

Running the program as administrator may avoid these errors. Note: On one Windows 64-bit laptop the setup program displayed a Windows error message at the start andĮnd of running the setup program but the program kept running as shown below and seemed to work. The setup program does not tend to change much. Note that the following documenation was created with a specific version of Cygwin and the install process may have changed. Run the setup*.exe program that was downloaded. Run the Cygwin Installer the First Time for the Initial Installation

Installing in a shared location ensures that the multiple users on the computer willīe able to share the configuration information for later updates.

The setup program will need to be rerun to download Cygwin updates and new packages. The setup program may need to be moved from the default Downloads folder for the user. Save the setup program in a location that can be accessed by multiple users, such as C:\Shared\Downloads\cygwin\setup-x86_64.exe. Multiple users - If the software will be used by multiple users on the computer that will be able to run the setup program,.Such as C:\Users\xxx\Downloads\cygwin\setup-x86_64.exe. Single user - If the software will only be used by a single user, save the setup program to a location that is visible to that user,.For example, choose setup-x86_64.exe for Windows 64-bit. Select the setup program that is appropriate for the operating system. The Cygwin installer is available on the following website:

