Those instructions were written before Windows 10 had a native bash shell and have not been updated. It is possible Cygwin or Mingw are no longer necessary, but I have not personally attempted to develop Light Table on Windows... so I cannot attest if this is still a requirement.
As for the underlying reason, I cannot say either. If I had to guess, it might involve Node, Electron, lein, or another dependency... but again that would just be a guess as those all should work on Windows. I'd say give it a try with Windows 10's native bash shell and see what errors occur. It would be helpful to know the results of your experimentation such that the wiki can be updated. Hopefully someone else can provide more concrete information! On Monday, December 5, 2016 at 5:31:15 PM UTC-5, Nilo de Roock wrote: > > I use Windows10 and want to install the developer edition of LightTable. > > Why would anyone need Cgywin on Windows?? Windows10 has a native bash > shell. See: > http://www.howtogeek.com/265900/everything-you-can-do-with-windows-10s-new-bash-shell/ > > What is the underlying reason LightTable requires Linux anyway? > > What am I missing? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Light Table Discussion" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
