Compiling Mosh (http://mosh.mit.edu/) under Cygwin

install_mosh.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

fetch_and_install(){
  # Make a temporary directory for all installation files
  OUT=$(mktemp /tmp/mosh_install.XXX) || { echo "Failed to create temp file"; exit 1; }
  pushd $OUT > /dev/null
  curl -o package.tar.gz $1
  tar xvzf package.tar.gz /tmp/ -C package
  pushd package > /dev/null
  ./configure $2
  make && make install
  popd > /dev/null
  popd > /dev/null
  rm -rf $OUT
}

fetch_and_install http://protobuf.googlecode.com/files/protobuf-2.4.1.tar.gz
fetch_and_install https://github.com/downloads/keithw/mosh/mosh-1.2.2.tar.gz 'CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/ncurses" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/'

mosh-cygwin.md

1. Download Cygwin

2. Run setup with the following command

   setup.exe -P make,boost,libncurses-devel,pkg-config,perl -q
   

3. Download and compile Protocol Buffers: http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/

   $ tar xvvf protobuf-2.4.1.tar.gz
   $ cd protobuf-2.4.1
   $ ./configure
   $ make
   $ make install
   

4. Download and compile Mosh: http://mosh.mit.edu/

   $ tar zxvf mosh-1.1.3.tar.gz
   $ cd mosh-1.1.3
   $ ./configure CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/ncurses" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
   $ make
   $ make install
   

5. Install the IO::Pty Perl module:

   $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
   cpan> install IO::Pty
   

6. Rock’n’roll.