![]() Follow the tutorials based on these screenshots. Here is an easy way to install and make Cygwin run in Windows 7 64-bit platform, and how to run Linux applications inside the Windows OS. Read Tutorial: How to install ns-3 in Windows 7 using Cygwin by Jason. In order to run or install native Linux or Unix based simulators like NS2 or NS3 (Network Simulators) and OMNeT++ (not a native though) in Windows (without installing Linux), you will need Cygwin. Wine, WINdows Emulator, on the other hand is just the reverse application to Cygwin – Wine allows us to run applications developed primarily for Windows OS in other operating systems, say Mac OS or Linux. There is a native integration of Windows-based applications and softwares to work in Linux or Unix like environment, thus it is not necessary to install Linux only to fun your simulating program. Cygwin eliminates the overhead of installing an entire Linux OS for running certain applications. ![]() Cygwin is a development environment similar to Unix one and has command-line interface to work like in Linux but inside the Microsoft Windows Operating System.
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