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CygwinTM Components

Supported Packages

General Utilities

Package Description
awk Pattern scanning and processing language
bash Command shell
cygwin.dll Provides a posix interface to Cygwin programs
gas GNU Assembler
gawk Pattern scanning and processing language
gcc GNU C Compiler including cpp, the C Preprocessor
gdb GNU Debugger
grep Print lines matching a pattern
Insight Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the GNU Debugger
ld GNU Linker
less File perusal filter for crt viewing
make Compilation control program
sed A Stream Editor
shellutils Shell utilities
termcap Terminal capability database

Binary Utilities

Package Description
c++filt C++ symbol name deciphering utility
nm Lists object file symbol tables
objdump Displays object file information
size Lists section and total sizes
ar Manages object code archives
ranlib Generates archive index
strip Discards symbols
objcopy Copies and translates object files
addr2line Translates program addresses into file names and line numbers

Unsupported Packages

  • ash
  • expect
  • tar
  • bison
  • flex
  • textutils
  • bzip2
  • gzip
  • time
  • byacc
  • itcl
  • tix
  • diffutils
  • itk
  • tk