Intro

apt-cyg is 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 show" to show installed packages
• "apt-cyg find <pattern(s)>" to find packages matching patterns
• "apt-cyg describe <pattern(s)>" to describe packages matching patterns
• "apt-cyg packageof <commands or files>" to locate parent packages

Quick start

First install subversion and wget through the standard cygwin setup program. Then run the following commands:

  # svn --force export http://apt-cyg.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ /bin/
  # chmod +x /bin/apt-cyg

• use apt-cyg, for example:

  # apt-cyg install nano

To contribute to apt-cyg, see GettingStarted

apt-cyg is a mature project and activity is currently low, but patches are still welcome