Install Cygwin
Cygwin is not required for Cacti. However, if you use Cygwin or programs which depend upon it, then it's best to leave it installed to co-exist with Spine. Otherwise there will be different versions of Cygwin dlls left on the system which can cause conflicts.
- Download Cygwin setup.exe from Cygwin.com
- Run setup.exe.
- Once you reach the portion of setup entitled Select Packages, install the following:
Base (include all items) Libs libart_lgpl libfreetype26 libpng12 zlib openssl Utils patch Web wget
- Move setup.exe to C:\cygwin\ for future use.
Configure
- Add “C:\cygwin\bin” to the Windows System PATH environment variable.