Can't run Bash!

Tue May 12 13:48:00 GMT 2009

Yarin wrote on Monday, May 11, 2009 8:27 PM:
> I'm trying to compile Linux binaries on Windows. To do this, I've
> downloaded and installed Cygwin (along with it's GCC packages). 

You are a bit ambiguous here. Are you trying to compile "linux
binaries" of POSIX code? For that you need a cross-compiler (about
which I know nothing).
Or are you trying to compile Windows binaries of POSIX code that is
often found on Linux systems? In which case, you want to do
something like this.
 $ tar -xvf package-ver.tar.gz
 $ cd package-ver
 $ ./configure
 $ make
 $ make install
> It doesn't recognize the command su,

See the FAQ: Why doesn't su work?
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.su
> I'm confronted with this:
> bash-3.2$ _

> and it doesn't begin with x@x

You are getting bash's default prompt. See 
 $ man bash
for how and where to customize your prompt. (Though Gary Johnson's
advice about using a login shell may address the issue.)
I hope this helps.
- Barry
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