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Cygwin is a tool to offer a UNIX-like
environment under Windows. Among others, Cygwin can be used to
port programs from UNIX to Windows.
Under Ubuntu, Cygwin can be installed from Wine,
see 
running Cygwin under Wine under Ubuntu.
Cygwin can be installed with many libraries, among others:
Can I build Boost from a path with spaces?
I have tried building Boost from the folder '/Program Files/boost/boost_1_44_0', but this was unsuccessfull.
Building Boost from the folder '/BoostLib/boost_1_44_0' is ....
Is it okay for my username to contain spaces?
No, see [1].
Any tips setting up Cygwin?
Yes, see [2].
External links
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Cygwin FAQ, question 15: My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause problems?
My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause problems?
Most definitely yes! UNIX shells (and thus Cygwin) use the space character as a word delimiter. Under certain circumstances, it is possible to get around this with various shell quoting mechanisms, but you are much better off if you can avoid the problem entirely.
You have two choices:
1. You can rename the user in the Windows User Manager GUI and then run mkpasswd.
2. You can simply edit the /etc/passwd file and change the Cygwin user name (first field). It's also a good idea to avoid spaces in the home directory.
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Charles Plager's page about Cygwin
# Cygwin doesn't like spaces in directories. To have access to my program files, I created a 'mount point':
cygwin> mount -f -s -b "c:/Program Files" "/mount/programfiles"
You only need to run this command once.
# To make access easier to my documents and the decktop, I made the following soft links in my home directory
cygwin> ln -s 'C:/Documents and Settings/cplager/Desktop' Desktop
cygwin> ln -s 'C:/Documents and Settings/cplager/My Documents' Documents
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