Getting and Installing Xfree for Microsoft Windows

1. Get Cygwin first

Cygwin/XFree is a program than run under "Cygwin". Cygwin is a UNIX environment, developed by Red Hat, for Windows.

• Cygwin home page is here: click here
• Here is a webpage with instructions to download Cygwin: click here
• Here is a webpage with instructions to install Cygwin: click here
• You can download the Cygwin setup.exe software here: click here
  • After downloading the setup.exe program, run it and it will download a complete cygwin installation via the Internet. Follow the instructions on each screen to install Cygwin.
  • The install instructions at this webpage is very detail...

2. Get XFree

After installing Cygwin, go to the Xfree website, download and install Xfree (the X-server).

• The Xfree website is here: click here
• Here is a webpage with instructions to download Cygwin/Xfree: click here
• Here is a webpage with instructions to install Cygwin/Xfree: click here