https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg

Apt-cyg, an apt-get like tool for Cygwin
https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg

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Apt-cyg, an apt-get like tool for Cygwin

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg
• Owner: transcode-open
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-07-28T16:10:05.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-18T07:44:07.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-01T13:21:48.096Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 120 KB
• Stars: 2,986
• Watchers: 128
• Forks: 685
• Open Issues: 72
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • Changelog: changelog.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
apt-cyg

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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.

[github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg][1]

[1]:https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg

Operations

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install

  Install package(s).

remove

  Remove package(s) from the system.

update

  Download a fresh copy of the master package list (setup.ini) from the

  server defined in setup.rc.

download

  Retrieve package(s) from the server, but do not install/upgrade anything.

show

  Display information on given package(s).

depends

  Produce a dependency tree for a package.

rdepends

  Produce a tree of packages that depend on the named package.

list

  Search each locally-installed package for names that match regexp. If no

  package names are provided in the command line, all installed packages will

  be queried.

listall

  This will search each package in the master package list (setup.ini) for

  names that match regexp.

category

  Display all packages that are members of a named category.

listfiles

  List all files owned by a given package. Multiple packages can be specified

  on the command line.

search

  Search for downloaded packages that own the specified file(s). The path can

  be relative or absolute, and one or more files can be specified.

searchall

  Search cygwin.com to retrieve file information about packages. The provided

  target is considered to be a filename and searchall will return the

  package(s) which contain this file.

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Quick start

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apt-cyg is a simple script. To install:

    lynx -source rawgit.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg > apt-cyg

    install apt-cyg /bin

Example use of apt-cyg:

    apt-cyg install nano