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README.md

apt-cyg

apt-cyg is a Cygwin package manager. It includes a command-line installer for Cygwin which cooperates with Cygwin Setup and uses the same repository.

Command Description Analog
install Install packages apt-get install
remove Remove packages apt-get remove
update Update setup.ini apt-get update
show Displays the package records for the named packages apt-cache show
list List packages matching given pattern. If no pattern is given, list all installed packages. dpkg --list
search Search for a filename from installed packages dpkg --search

Quick start

apt-cyg is a simple script. To install:

wget rawgit.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg
install apt-cyg /bin

Example use of apt-cyg:

apt-cyg install nano