Can't run Bash!

I'm trying to compile linux binaries on Windows. To do this, I've downloaded and installed Cygwin (along with it's GCC packages).

But upon executing it, I'm confronted with Bash:

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Originally Posted by Command Prompt

bash-3.2$ _

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Even though I've ran a linux prompt before, I have not a clue what to do next. It doesn't recognize the command su, and it doesn't begin with x@x: like I remember either.

Could someone please explain to me how to navigate my "programs" (located in /bin)?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Yarin

Even though I've ran a linux prompt before, I have not a clue what to do next. It doesn't recognize the command su, and it doesn't begin with x@x: like I remember either.

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Why do you need to 'su'? To get a prompt more like the one you want, try:

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export PS1='\u@\h:\$ '

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Other than that, I'm not sure what your question is... Pretend you're using a UNIX system and go from there.

I see, I wasn't aware that they were actually the same thing.
I wasn't needing to su; I just tried to out of desperation of finding a command that worked - in fact, it still doesn't work.
I've found some Bash tuts online now.
Thanks

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Originally Posted by Yarin

I see, I wasn't aware that they were actually the same thing.
I wasn't needing to su; I just tried to out of desperation of finding a command that worked - in fact, it still doesn't work.
I've found some Bash tuts online now.
Thanks

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I'm not sure a bash tutorial is quite what you need... The prompt itself is easy enough to use, it's the huge variety of commands that take some time to get familiar with.

If you just want to build Linux software, you should be able to follow the installation directions as if you were on a Linux system.