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Set the following:
Set the following:
* <code>db_home</code> in <code>/etc/nsswitch.conf</code>
* <code>db_home</code> in <code>/etc/nsswitch.conf</code>
: e.g.
*:<pre>db_home: /c/Users/david</pre>
<pre>
db_home: /c/Users/david
</pre>
* <code>HOME</code> environment variable to <code>%USERPROFILE%</code>
* <code>HOME</code> environment variable to <code>%USERPROFILE%</code>

Revision as of 15:19, 12 June 2020

Bash for windows

Getting Started

  • Install Msys2 from https://www.msys2.org/
    • Note: You can also install with choco install msys2 but you will need to set start menu shortcuts yourself
  • Install common developer tools
    • pacman -S --needed base-devel git
    • pacman -S --needed mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake

Package Management

Reference

# Install a package
pacman -S <package>

# Uninstall a package
pacman -R <package>

Changing Home Dir

Set the following:

  • db_home in /etc/nsswitch.conf 
    db_home: /c/Users/david
  • HOME environment variable to %USERPROFILE%
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