There is no package management in Cygwin outside of the setup program. The setup only applies updates to your current installation, it does not overwrite packages that what you already have …

Feb 13, 2012 · Is there a tool in the Cygwin package similar to apt-get on Debian or yum on redhat that allows me to install components from the command line?

Apr 21, 2009 · What is Cygwin? Cygwin is a compatibility layer that makes it easy to port simple Unix-based applications to Windows, by emulating many of the basic interfaces that Unix-based operating …

213 I'll add something that helps me out a lot with cygwin. Whenever setting up a new system, I always do this ln -s /cygdrive/c /c This creates a symbolic link to /cygdrive/c with a new file called /c (in the …

Mar 28, 2014 · after searching about it i found some info (yet confusing for me) Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. i found the above line in wikipedia …

Sep 6, 2010 · I tried to enable curl on cygwin but it says bash: curl: command not found How do I install curl on cygwin?

Nov 10, 2017 · $ uname -r 2.9.0(0.318/5/3) I don't have the gcc or the g++ command on my path after I install cygwin. What packages do I need to install to get this command?

Jan 20, 2014 · Every source I found online says a full installation of Cygwin takes over 1 GB, but mine is only 100 MB. I was pretty sure I downloaded everything from the mirror servers, but …

Cygwin brings Linux to Windows, I just wish it would "Officially" bring the benefits of command line package management, not GUI installation only methods : (

Jan 5, 2016 · 3 When you install cygwin, it normally installs a ".bat" file at the top of the directory-tree containing cygwin, which can run a command-window. For example:  @echo off C: chdir …