Cygwin installation, 'cygpath' is always present, and is in the 'PATH'. Libtool uses 'cygpath' to convert from Cygwin (Unix-style) file names and paths to Windows format when the build platform is Cygwin and the host platform is MinGW. When the host platform is Cygwin, but the build platform is MSYS or some Unix system, libtool also uses 'cygpath' to convert from Windows to Cygwin format (after first converting from the build platform format to Windows format; *Note Native MinGW File Name Conversion::, and *note Unix/Windows File Name Conversion::.) Because the build platform is not Cygwin, 'cygpath' is not (and should not be) in the 'PATH'. Therefore, in this configuration the environment variable 'LT_CYGPATH' is required. *Note LT_CYGPATH::.