There is a package called apt-cyg that may be what you are looking for. It appears to be based upon apt-get. 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. An example command would be $ apt-cyg install yourPackage

Dec 1, 2021 · Cygwin used the "cyg" prefix as a naming convention for cygwin-specific functionality, for example. "/cygdrive/" is used as a path prefix to allow acess to files outside the cygwin root. "cygstart" is an application similar to the windows "start" program used to start GUI apps from the command line but integrated with cygwin.

Sep 13, 2009 · Excuse me, @moreaki, but there is one thing I can not understand from apt-cyg: in the classical CygWin Windows installer I may/must specify the repositories/packages location, whether be it one of the (many) ftp/http download sites, or local drive (in my computer).

Mar 17, 2017 · Even if we do not know if we have the package, as long as the package is located somewhere in the sub directory of cache, apt-cyg will find it, and use md5sum hash to validate if the package is broken or not. Help: apt-cyg: Installs and removes Cygwin packages.

Dec 13, 2011 · I'm new, so I've run out of links, but this answer has apt-cyg info, and also how to do command-line installs with setup.exe. Upgrading and installing packages through the Cygwin command-line? Your question sort of implies that you might want something more stripped down than that question provides, so I'll leave the rest of my answer intact ...

Jan 29, 2016 · apt-cyg --mirror "mirror site", replacing "mirror site" with a mirror link you've chosen. Depending on where you get apt-cyg--or maybe on the version of it?--that --mirror option might work without double-dashes in front of it (and the help information displayed via apt-cyg --help may vary).

Nov 25, 2010 · To search and download a package missed from Cygwin I need to run setup.exe GUI each time, click many times and do other boring things. Is there a way to do the same from Cygwin's command line dir...

wget is also available as a Cygwin package, so you could just install it using the Cygwin installer. As of this writing, the latest version available is wget-1.13.4.

Jun 26, 2013 · I am having some problems using cygwin. I am trying to use the dos2unix utility and cygwin is throwing -bash: dos2unix: command not found When I go back into the installer and look through the pack...

I have the Privileged user cyg_server as a CygWIN user in /etc/passwd file, and it also shows up in its own right as a Windows 10 administrator user on UAC dialog boxes. That latter in itself is a cause of issues, as I am trying to enable the hidden Windows 10 administrator account, which I have been given to believe I should be able to do ...