How to Install Cygwin on Windows and How to Install EDirect
This is a quick tutorial on how to install Cygwin on a Windows 7 machine, and includes how to install the NCBI's Entrez Direct, EDirect, programs using Cygwin.
Accurate as of June 2018, for Windows 7.
EDirect installation and documentation:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...
Additional EDirect examples from NCBI staff:
https://github.com/NCBI-Hackathons/ED...