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How do I install cURL on cygwin?

I just encountered this. 1) Find the cygwin setup.exe file from  http://cygwin.com/  and run it. 2) Click/enter preferences until you reach the "Select Packages" window. (See image) 3) Click (+) for Net 4) Click the entry for curl. (Make sure you select the checkbox for the Binary) 5) Install. 6) Open a cygwin window and type curl.exe (should be available now).  Source : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3647569/how-do-i-install-curl-on-cygwin

Cygwin Install Tutorial

1. Introduction OPEN-R requires a Unix/Linux like environment.   To work with it on Windows, the Cygwin package can be used.  It's based on Linux, and allows Linux programs (for the most part) to work under Windows.    You'll need at least 200 MBytes of free disk space available to download and install Cygwin. 2. Download Installer Download the following Cygwin setup program:   http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe   (~250 KBytes).   Save it to your desktop, and launch once ready. 3. Cygwin Setup After launching the setup program, you'll see this screen.  Click the  Next  button...      4. Installation Type Select "Install from Internet".   Click the  Next  button... 5. Installation Directory The defaults are recommended.   Cygwin software packages will install to "C:\Cygwin". Click the  Next  button... . 6. Local Directory Pick somewhere temporary for downloading the files.  Don't use th

Install and run RVM with bundler on Windows (Drupal Omega 4 specific)

Unlike on UNIX based systems, installing and configuring RVM on a Windows machine properly in order to be able to use the new possibilities in Drupal's Omega 4 theme could become a difficult task. But running that process through the cygwin environment makes it possible. Installing cygwin and required dependencies Make sure you install the 32-bit version of cygwin, as otherwise you could get errors when trying to compile your ruby when installing it through rvm. So Install cygwin with following packages and their dependencies: automake, bison, colorgcc, curl, gcc-g++, gcc-core, git, git-completion, git-gui, git-svn, gitk, libreadline7, libtool, libyaml-devel, libyaml0_2, make, mercurial, mingw64-i686-gcc-g++, nano, ncurses, openssh, openssl, openssl-devel, patch, readline, unzip, zlib, zlib-devel, sqlite3, mingw64-x86_64-gcc Installing RVM Open cygwin's command prompt and start the installation of RVM with the following command: curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -

Teens are downloading Jott like crazy

If you haven't heard of Jott, go ask a teenager. A white-hot new app for instant messaging, Jott has nearly 500,000 monthly users and one million app installs after just three months on the market. You might think there's no need for yet another messaging app. But, Jared Allgood, CEO and co-founder of Jott, said 31% of U.S. teens don't have text messaging abilities at school. His company, Juxta Labs, interviewed 350 junior high and high school students and found that teens send 50% of their text messages during school hours -- but many are getting left out of the conversation because they don't have cell phones. "There's a group of kids whose primary device is an iPod or iPad," Allgood said. "They have no cellular plan, no data plan and most public schools don't provide Wi-Fi access. Essentially, those are kids who show up to school with a dead device." The solution: Jott. The app's AirChat feature allows users to send data