Bowtie2 for windows

[GenomExpert]

hiii all
if anyone can help me with the installation, parameter requirement for bowtie2 as am really very new to it and using for the very first time so need detailed guidance. i tried it on my own for so many times but m failed to run it.
regards

[bio_informatics]

What are you trying to do?
If you see examples

http://sauron.cs.umd.edu/bowtie2/doc/manual.html#getting-started-with-bowtie-2-lambda-phage-example

You would be able to get a hold of commands.

[GenomExpert]

Bowtie2

Actually i have just started with Bowtie2, i need to work with it for my data analysis i.e. alignments etc but first i need to learn it by running the examples etc. i downloaded bowtie2 from sourceforge site..but after installation now i cant run it..like where to start from???

[bio_informatics]

Did you check the url pasted above?

It says:

Building from source
Building Bowtie 2 from source requires a GNU-like environment with GCC, GNU Make and other basics. It should be possible to build Bowtie 2 on most vanilla Linux installations or on a Mac installation with Xcode installed. Bowtie 2 can also be built on Windows using Cygwin or MinGW (MinGW recommended). If building with MinGW, first install MinGW and MSYS, the zlib library, and the pthreads library. You may also need the GnuWin32 core and other utilities to drive the build process.

You should get a unix like environment.

[GenomExpert]

Thank you so much for your reply.
i have just installed the cygwin setup (linux environment on windows)...now whats next?.If you can please guide me through all steps so that i can follow them accordingly.
Regards

[GenomExpert]

initially i did it with MinGW, and installed MinGW and MSYS, but need help in the zlib library, and the pthreads library. how to get them and use them?.

[bio_informatics]

Check if you have installed g++
Please search how to install bowtie2, navigate to the top of the url I had pasted..