I've used two options in the past; 1) A cheap small Atom based machine which I connect remotely into for doing long builds.
2) A Parrallels VM with Linux installed for doing work that needed interactivity (you could use Virtual Box, VM ware, etc., depending on your platform). Both should work well for you, and may take up less time to set up than Cygwin. It took me about 2 or 3 days to get my build for Windows to run and that included a complete re-install of an older version of cygwin so I can understand your pain. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 28 Jan 2010, at 19:35, Matt Kanninen wrote: > Cygwin refuses to install. It takes for bloody ever. I think its > installed now, but I'm actually not certain how to tell. This is a > new Vaio I'm on. > > I think it would be easier for me to buy a desktop that ships with > Linux. But I don't want to. I like Android because it did what GNU/ > Linux whatever never did. Not to mention how much I love Apache > licensing. > > I'd love to buy a desktop, install Android on it, then see if can do > NDK development, in Android, on a PC. I just don't have time. > > On Jan 28, 11:26 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Matt Kanninen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I know some things I want. I'd like a better NDK. I'd like better >>> Windows support for NDK developers. >> >>> Ship Cygwin with it if you have to. >> >> As a Linux user, I'm not too familiar with the NDK environment set-up >> procedure for Windows users... Just how hard is it? Are many people >> having problems, and what is the big hurdle - installing Cygwin? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
