Downloads and installs Cygwin for windows

Source: R/install.R

Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version of Cygwin for Windows.

install.Cygwin(bit = 32, ...)

Arguments

bit

Specify 32 bit or 64 for your particular version of Windows.
...

extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.

Details

Cygwin is a collection of tools which provide a Linux look and feel environment for Windows.

References

  • Cygwin homepage: https://www.cygwin.com/

Examples

if (FALSE) {
install.Cygwin() # installs the latest version of Cygwin
}