Installing Cygwin in Windows

Installing rails directly on windows can be really troublesome(trust me on this). So, for windows lover (me included) I think installing cygwin (linux emulator) before installing ruby is a good idea. You can install cygwin from http://www.cygwin.com/. In the installation window, search for the following requirements: make,curl, ruby and git (for version control if you are using git) in your installation.  Also, select g++ and gcc if they are not already selected.