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Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications is for use with the Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications (SUA) optional feature that you can install on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. To download the SDK package for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 instead, see http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=2391.

• Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications (SUA) should be installed with the SUA optional feature that is available with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you want to install the SUA SDK package for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 instead of this package, see Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
  
  This download package consists of the following:
  
  - Base Utilities
  - SVR-5 Utilities
  - Base SDK
  - GNU SDK
  - GNU Utilities
  - UNIX Perl
  - Visual Studio Debugger Add-in
  
  This release enables 64-bit application development for SUA. development and porting of custom UNIX applications using the Windows OCI (Oracle Call Interface) and Windows ODBC libraries (collectively referred to as ‘Mixed Mode’ in the rest of the document).
  
  

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

File	SHA1 Hash	Size
Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications_AMD64.exe	69beb75dfee177a2237633a9e6076aa5c9850f65	471.48 MB
Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications_IA64.exe	c4f72de8ddd78c3fee145b36c15438ab3c076c80	480.16 MB
Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications_X86.exe	d52a85f615af29d071a88268f5334cf69b2f59e1	469.19 MB

• Windows Vista or Windows Vista SP1, Professional or Enterprise editions
  Windows Server 2008
  Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications must already be installed on the computer on which you want to install this package.

• Standard installation
  
  1. Download the Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications from the website.
  2. In the Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications Wizard dialog box, click Next.
  3. In the User name box, type your name. If the name of your organization does not appear in the Organization box, type the name of your organization there.
  4. Read the End User License Agreement carefully. If you accept the terms of the agreement, click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next to continue installation. If you click I do not accept the License Agreement (Exit Setup), the installation procedure terminates.
  5. To install default Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications components in the default directory, click Standard Installation, and then click Next. To customize your installation, see "Custom Installation," later in this topic.
  
  Custom installation
  
  1. Download the Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications from the website.
  2. In the Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications Wizard dialog box, click Next.
  3. In the User name box, type your name. If the name of your organization does not appear in the Organization box, type the name of your organization there.
  4. Read the End User License Agreement carefully. If you accept the terms of the agreement, click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next to continue installation. If you click I do not accept the License Agreement (Exit Setup), the installation procedure terminates.
  5. To install default Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications components in the default directory, click Standard Installation, and then click Next (see "Standard Installation/Express Upgrade," discussed previously in this topic). If you want to specify a different set of components, click Custom Installation, and then click Next.
  6. Click the icon next to each component that you want to install, and then click the appropriate option. If you do not want to install a component, click the icon next to the component, and then click Entire feature will not be available. When you are finished specifying the components to install, click Next.
  7. If you are installing the GNU Software Development Kit (SDK), read the information about the GNU Library General Public License carefully. If you want to install the GNU SDK, click Next to continue installation. If you click Back, you will be given another opportunity to select the components to install.
  
  Notes
  
  1. After you have installed Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications, you still have the option to install additional components or remove installed components when you so choose.
  2. Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications components cannot be run from a network server. All files must be installed on the local computer.
  3. The Standard Installation does not provide a complete UNIX development environment. To obtain all of the GNU compilers, build tools, and other SDK components, you must select Custom Installation and then select GNU SDK.
  4. In this install, setuid behavior will be disabled by default. This will affect how certain SUA programs behave.
  5. In this install, case sensitivity will not be enabled for object names (such as file names) in non-Win32 subsystems.
  
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