How to run cygwin compiled/linked application on machine without cygwin installed?

[René Berber]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:

> Karen Frank wrote:
>> I have c++ application built on machine "A" with cygwin (1.5.25-14)
>> installed.  I have copied the application and cygwin1.dll to machine "B",
>> where cygwin has not been installed.  When I attempt to execute the
>> application I get alert messages that various cygwin dlls are missing and
>> that reinstalling may help to solve the problem.  My understanding is 
>> that
>> only the cygwin1.dll was required.  I ran cygcheck on my application
>> executable and I did get list of several dlls (eg: cygXm-2.dll) as
------------------------------------------------------^^^^^^^^^
>> dependencies.  I am uncertain how to proceed.
> 
> If installing Cygwin is not an option for some reason, then you need all
> the DLLs you see listed by 'cygcheck'.  Of course this will make you a
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#3PP>.  You have been warned and may be
> shunned.  See if you can sleep well now! ;-)

And you need Cywin/X running (the above library is for X windows) which 
is a lot more than a list of libraries.
-- 
René Berber


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