These are good guides for learning something about shell scripting,
http://linuxcommand.org/
http://www.howtogeek.com/67469/
This is also good, but more extensive and focused on bash,
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/
One of the nicest things about learning to use cygwin and the bash shell
is that it will make linux much more accessible if you ever want to go
that route.
Other than shell scripting, the concept of a package manager is the
other main thing you will need to gt well in hand.
The cygwin installer functions more or less as a package manager.
Windows generally doesn't require the user to be involved in managing
the underlying tools, libraries, etc, that allow software to run. In
most cases, you just install software and the engineer who created the
software takes care of making sure it runs. In linux, there are often
dependent components that need to be installed to get an application to
run. A package manager helps to control that aspects of software
management. When you install an application with a package manager, the
manager will check to make sure that everything the application needs is
present and install additional components if necessary.
Packages that appear in the cygwin installer are maintained by
volunteers who add updates to applications and dependent components and
keep everything working. Installations can be made outside the package
manager, but then you have to configure the dependencies your self. If
you choose something to install in the cyginw installer, you will often
be shown a window listing additional components that are also going to
be installed.
It would be a good idea to read up a bit on package managers, but that
info may be a bit harder to find than info on something like bash.
LMHmedchem
Jonathan Martin wrote:
FANTASTIC!
On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 5:20 PM, Eliot Moss <m...@cs.umass.edu> wrote:
My suggestion would be to take a look at some of the
many books that try to introduce Unix and bash to new
users and see how they have approached a good / logical
order of presentation.
cygwin itself is perhaps more directed at experienced
users -- or in any case, it is making no particular
attempt to be easier for novices to use than Unix is,
or to provide special support for Unix novices. But
that does not preclude someone (you) from making such
a thing and perhaps getting it adopted into the distro
(I don't control that!).
Perhaps similar efforts have been made for linux,
which might give a starting point?
Regards -- EM
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