Compiling lftp under cygwin is actually pretty simple when you use chocolately and cygwin and know what packages you need Install cygwin, cygwin packages via chocolately Run Command Prompt cmd as Administrator @powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object