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. The syntax is similar to apt-get. Usage examples:

• apt-cyg install <package names> to install packages
• apt-cyg remove <package names> to remove packages
• apt-cyg update to update setup.ini
• apt-cyg list [pattern(s)] to list packages matching given pattern. If no pattern is given, list all installed packages.
• apt-cyg show <pattern(s)> to show packages matching patterns
• apt-cyg search <commands or files> to locate parent packages

Quick start

apt-cyg is a simple script. To install:

# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg

then place it in a /bin folder on your path:

# mv apt-cyg /bin/apt-cyg

and make it executable:

chmod +x /bin/apt-cyg

Example use of apt-cyg:

# apt-cyg install nano

Contributing

This project has been re-published on GitHub to make contributing easier. Feel free to fork and modify this script.

The Google Code project also has a list of open issues.