command line - Installing GNU mailutils on windows

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2014-07
  • Gordon Gustafson

    I'm using Windows 7, and would like to use the GNU mailutils, specifically mu and mu4e. Unfortunately, these are not available as Cygwin packages. Is there any way to use GNU mailutils on windows without a virtual machine?

    I spent an hour trying to compile from source under Cygwin and finally gave up because there were too many dependencies to install. I know the right thing to do is run linux in a VM or switch to linux entirely, but I thought I'd ask this first.

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  • ripper234

    I'd like to download the basic stuff like 'rm -rf'.

    I used to just download cygwin, but are binutils or some other alternative better (if all I need are the truely basic stuff ... I'm trying to think of anything I'm missing beyond 'rm -rf' and rather failling at it a.t.m)


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  • Dave Webb

    I'm a big fan of GnuWin32.

    You can download just the packages you need; each stands alone so you don't need to install any core Unix emulation layer like with Cygwin.

  • Ryan

    I much prefer GnuWin32, especially if you only want a small subset of the linux toolset. The installation process is much easier than cygwin, especially if you don't care about a BASH shell.

  • aldrinleal

    Stupid Idea I just had: Build a busybox binary. It should have just the bare essentials.

    You could, perhaps, easily build a standalone, portable, minimalistic cygwin distro (with just the registry entries and the .dll files).

  • nagul

    UnxUtils is another alternative to consider, though I prefer GnuWin32 myself.