<li><tt>Makefile</tt> has settings for <b>installing</b> LuaJIT (POSIX
only).</li>
<li><tt>src/Makefile</tt> has settings for <b>compiling</b> LuaJIT
-under POSIX, MinGW or Cygwin.</li>
+under POSIX or MinGW.</li>
<li><tt>src/msvcbuild.bat</tt> has settings for compiling LuaJIT with
MSVC (Visual Studio).</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="windows">Windows Systems</h2>
<h3>Prerequisites</h3>
<p>
-Either install one of the open source SDKs
-(<a href="http://mingw.org/"><span class="ext">»</span> MinGW</a> or
-<a href="https://www.cygwin.com/"><span class="ext">»</span> Cygwin</a>), which come with a modified
-GCC plus the required development headers.
+Either install the open source SDK <a href="http://mingw.org/"><span class="ext">»</span> MinGW</a>,
+which comes with a modified GCC plus the required development headers.
Or install Microsoft's Visual Studio (MSVC).
</p>
<h3>Building with MSVC</h3>
<p>
For an x64 to ARM64 cross-build run this first: <tt>vcvarsall.bat x64_arm64</tt>
</p>
-<h3>Building with MinGW or Cygwin</h3>
+<h3>Building with MinGW</h3>
<p>
-Open a command prompt window and make sure the MinGW or Cygwin programs
+Open a command prompt window and make sure the MinGW programs
are in your path. Then <tt>cd</tt> to the directory of the git repository.
Then run this command for MinGW:
</p>
mingw32-make
</pre>
<p>
-Or this command for Cygwin:
-</p>
-<pre class="code">
-make
-</pre>
-<p>
Then follow the installation instructions below.
</p>
<h3>Installing LuaJIT</h3>