Is there an equivalent of apt-get in Cygwin?

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Is there an equivalent of apt-get in Cygwin?

Yazz.com

Posted 2010-02-16T14:39:14.647

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There seem to be alternatives for apt-get in cygwin, but I can't say anything about them.

Bobby

Posted 2010-02-16T14:39:14.647

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Can't get any of them to work. – Yazz.com – 2010-02-17T08:31:55.177

@Zubair: I'm sorry, I can't help you on that, because I never used one of them. – Bobby – 2010-02-17T09:58:31.030

Ok, thanks anyway. I guess using cygwin is a poor man's Unix anyway, so maybe better off using VirtualBox – Yazz.com – 2010-02-17T11:54:46.163

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There is an apt-cyg script.

Check out the issues tab. There are some known issues although they appear to be clearing up. It also requires that you install subversion to maintain the latest copy.

Darren Hall

Posted 2010-02-16T14:39:14.647

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I tried apt-cyg. It just says "command not found" – Yazz.com – 2010-02-17T08:30:52.993

Did you follow the link? Look at the GettingStarted link - http://code.google.com/p/apt-cyg/wiki/GettingStarted

– Darren Hall – 2010-02-17T16:54:35.883

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