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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 packages I can't even find dos2unix, yet when I look at cygwin's package list it is clearly there.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Nolski
Posted 2013-06-26T18:12:35.263
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You should find dos2unix in the category Utils, Base, or Text. It's easiest to use the search function.
If the package is not listed at all, try to use a different mirror.
If you installed this package while your cygwin terminal is still open, do a rehash (depends on you shell) or simply start a new terminal.
mpy
Posted 2013-06-26T18:12:35.263
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Additional option, may be helpful for someone:
To install additional packages in windows from command line you can use your cygwin installer (which you've downloaded to install cygwin, it's gui and all the stuff):
$ setup-x86_64.exe -q -P dos2unix
see this guide for details: http://preshing.com/20141108/how-to-install-the-latest-gcc-on-windows/
Viacheslav Shalamov
Posted 2013-06-26T18:12:35.263
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apt-cyg install dos2unix if you are in the cygwin Terminal
Timo
Posted 2013-06-26T18:12:35.263
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I had a similar problem that was due to me being extra stupid. In my case, I have both 32 and 64 bits builds of Cygwin installed. I had installed "dos2unix" on the 32 bit version, but not installed it on the 64 bit version. I couldn't understand why the installer seemed to work, but I still couldn't run it!
Advice - don't install both versions of Cygwin. :)
Mark Lakata
Posted 2013-06-26T18:12:35.263
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I tried a different mirror and it looks like the one I was previously downloading from simply didn't provide all of the packages. Thanks! – Nolski – 2013-06-26T19:05:46.580
2it is now in "text" rather than in Utils. – None – 2014-03-12T22:58:56.013
@user307279 : Thanks, I included it in my answer. With my current
setup.exethe dos2unix is located in Base, so it might differ, which version one is using. – mpy – 2014-03-13T18:18:55.080