Note that since X server 1.17, by default the server does not listen for TCP/IP
connections, only accepting local connections on a unix domain socket.
this FAQ for more details.
Users upgrading from monolithic X (Release 6.9 and earlier, available via setup before November 2008)
should also see the
announcement about modular X.
2021-Nov-29
Window System to the
Cygwin
API layer for the
Microsoft Windows family of operating systems.
Cygwin provides a UNIX-like API, thereby minimizing the
amount of porting required.
Cygwin/X consists of an X server, X libraries, and nearly
all of the standard X clients, such as xterm, xhost, xdpyinfo,
xclock, xeyes, etc. Many more X programs are also
packaged
for Cygwin.
See also the
features
and
screenshots
pages.
Cygwin/X is licensed under a
MIT/X11 style license
.
Cygwin is
licensed under a modified GNU General Public License that
specifically allows libcygwin.a to be linked to programs that
are licensed under an
Open Source Definition
compliant license without
such linking requiring that those Open Source programs be
licensed under the GNU General Public License (see the
Cygwin licensing
page
for more information). Source code and binaries for
both projects are freely available.
Downloading and Installing
Cygwin/X is installed via Cygwin's Installer,
setup-x86_64.exe
, and the
installation process is documented in the
Cygwin/X User's
Guide
.
Whether or not you already have Cygwin installed, you can add Cygwin/X to
your installation by downloading and running setup, and selecting the
'xinit' package from the 'X11' category.
Using Cygwin/X is documented in a step-by-step manner, with
lots of pictures and examples, in the
Cygwin/X User's Guide
. Please notice,
however, that Cygwin/X contains many general-purpose programs,
libraries, and functions that are part of all
X
distributions. It
is therefore beyond the scope of the
Cygwin/X User's Guide
to document all of
these X Window System components. To find documentation, for
example, for
setxkbmap
one should consult the generic X
documentation such as the
setxkbmap(1) manual page. You could always, of course, do a
Google
search
for
setxkbmap
, which finds the manual page
mentioned above.
Help, contact ...
For
all
Cygwin/X related questions and observations, please check the
resources available at this site, such as
the
FAQ
,
the
User's Guide
and
the
mailing list archives
.
If you've exhausted these resources then please read the Cygwin
problem reporting guidelines
before sending an email to the
cygwin
mailing list.
Please send notification of technical problems (bad html, broken links)
concerning these web pages to the
cygwin
mailing list.
