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I had seen this question from 2015 about a "minimal" Cygwin installation.

My main use for Cygwin is (currently at least) essentially git and a few very standard bash commands. I didn't know how I might restrict the installation to just those requirements so I just accepted the default "core" installation.

Whereas in that 2015 post there is talk of the "minmal"/"core" installation being 100 MB I just used TreeSize to have a look at the installation I've just done: it's taking up 10.3 GB!

I'm sorry but for my requirements, and as a "core" installation, this is crazy... does anyone know how to de-bloat this?

mike rodent
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    If you just select the packages you actually need any dependencies will be figured out and installed as well. Having said I don't know what the minimal installation is these days. However, I have a lot more than the minimum installed and my installation is only 205 MB ... – DavidPostill Dec 22 '17 at 21:10
  • Thanks... if you have a moment could you say whether you're using the 32-bit version? I'm using the 64-bit. A quick look at the TreeSize results shows that the top "culprits" are under usr/ : x86_64-w64-mingw32, i686-w64-mingw32 and "share" : these 3 dirs take up nearly 2 GB each... – mike rodent Dec 23 '17 at 09:03
  • I'm using the 64 bit version. Did you install source code? My directories are a lot smaller x86_64-w64-mingw32 is 12.1 MB for example. – DavidPostill Dec 23 '17 at 14:52
  • Thanks, just reinstalled... installation taking up 100 MB! Have no idea what I did wrong the first time round, it's not like there are that many options... – mike rodent Dec 23 '17 at 16:58
  • You can answer your own question - you should turn your comment into an answer. :) – DavidPostill Dec 23 '17 at 16:59
  • Another option is also to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux, although it's on 64-bit only. – Justine Krejcha Dec 23 '17 at 17:36

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Tried again... perfectly respectable 100 MB. Have no idea what I did wrong first time!

mike rodent
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