Cygwin download file from ssh host

Click the Generate button. Move your mouse in the area below the progress bar. When the progress bar is full, PuTTYgen generates your key pair. Type a passphrase in the Key passphrase field. We will start installation by clicking the downloaded files.

To install we need Administrator privileges. We need to choose the installation directory. Default path is good but we can change to the Program Files too. There is also an option to chose which users can use Cygwin. We will select the connection type. For regular network connections Direct Connection is enough but if we use proxy we should provide related parameters with the other options.

We will choose the site for downloading packages. Prefer physically near sites for faster download. We can search package name with the Search box or select from the list directly. We can select the whole group or single package from the group. For simplicity we have searched ssh to installation. Cygwin is also called an emulator because it translates Linux system calls into Windows type systems calls. Cygwin support following operating systems. We will start installation by clicking the downloaded files.

To install we need Administrator privileges. We need to choose the installation directory. Default path is good but we can change to the Program Files too. There is also an option to chose which users can use Cygwin. We will select the connection type. For regular network connections Direct Connection is enough but if we use proxy we should provide related parameters with the other options.

We will choose the site for downloading packages. Prefer physically near sites for faster download. We can search package name with the Search box or select from the list directly. Any unsatisfied dependencies are listed.

Click Finish. Logging in as a user with Administrator privileges ensures that the change applies to all users. Each user on a Windows host where SSH is set up potentially has two home directories: Windows home directory. A password is set for each user account. Double-click the Cygwin icon. A Cygwin terminal is started. If necessary, set the password for your user account. Type a password. The password for your Windows account is also set. Configure SSH on the host. Run the ssh-host-config command.