Why do you need cygwin under MasOS X? MacOS X is POSIX-compatible system that can run all the cygwin software natively, without API emulation.
On 5 June 2014 18:11, Warren Young <war...@etr-usa.com> wrote: > On 6/5/2014 07:48, Richard H. McCullough wrote: >> >> >> Can I install Cygwin on my iMac? > > > cygwin1.dll uses the Win32 API heavily. That means it only runs under > Windows or a near-enough clone like WINE. > > A few of the key tools for Cygwin are also Win32-native, such as setup.exe > and cygcheck.exe. And, at least one of the packages ported to Cygwin calls > the Win32 API directly, which is Naughty(tm) but not actively prevented. > > I've tried CrossOver (the commercial version of WINE) under OS X, and it's a > miserable experience. > > My advice: set up a Windows VM and install Cygwin in it. I have used both > VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop on OS X, and they work beautifully. > (Better than virtualization on Windows, in fact.) VirtualBox also runs on OS > X, but it is not as featureful as the other two. > > -- > 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 > -- 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
