Install Cygwin on Windows PC to learn Objective-C

⛏️ This post may be a bit out-dated as iOS programming have moved to Swift and you can learn it on the Windows Operating system as well - https://swift.org/blog/swift-on-windows/.

If you want to learn Objective-C, the language for developing apps for Mac OS and iOS, but you don't have a Mac? Well, there is an out. You can install GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) Compiler for Windows which will let you execute your Objective-C code. To get started quickly all you need to do is download Cygwin: tools which provide a Linux look and feel environment for Windows and also include the compiler for Objective-C and libraries.

Steps to install Cygwin on Windows PC :

Step 1. Download Cygwin setup : 32-bit setup | 64-bit setup

Step 2. Run Cygwin.exe,Click Next.

Step 3. Select "Install from Internet", Click Next.

Step 4. Choose root directory, Click Next.

Step 5. Choose Package installation directory, Click Next.

Step 6. Choose Direct Connection, Click Next

Step 7. Select any mirror site

Step 8. Certain packages will be downloaded from the next,may take a min.

Step 9. Expand Devel and select gcc-objc, gcc-objc++, gdb and make, Click Next

Step 10. Click Next

Step 11. This Step will take some time (needs patience here!)

Step 12. That's it, now you would have the "Cygwin Terminal" icon on your desktop. Let's try running a sample code to see if all is fine. You need to place your "hello world" program under the "home/User/" dir where Cygwin is been installed.

/* Test program */
#include <stdio.h>  
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
    printf("Hello World!!");
    return 0;  
}

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