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 …

Sep 13, 2009 · I'm a blind computer user that uses Cygwin. The installation program isn't very accessible: upgrading, installing, and removing specific packages is quite hard to do since you have …

Nov 25, 2010 · Caveat: if the update replaces cygwin1.dll, Cygwin programs will start to misbehave, and the Cygwin documentations recommend a reboot. So it's best to close all Cygwin programs, then run …

Dec 1, 2021 · I've seen so many cyg prefixed things like cygstart, cygpath, cygwin etc., but what exactly does this prefix mean?

Possible Duplicate: upgrading and installing packages through the cygwin command line? I'm looking for a "yum"-link method to install additional Cygwin packages from the command-line. Let's say I

I have a modified apt-cyg that runs the installer from the local archive. It really should be submitted as a patch, but never had the time to clean it up, so here goes. Features Offline install Set mirror Cache …

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?

Feb 18, 2016 · Since the last time I reinstall windows, and then cygwin, apt-cyg stops working. It keeps telling me "md5sum: standard input: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found". What could …

You said "# Delete any sshd or related users (such as cyg_server) from /etc/passwd" OK. But then you said "# Delete any sshd or relaged users (such as cyg_server) from the system" That seems to be …

Nov 27, 2016 · Many commands work now, while it didn't work in few minutes ago. What could I do to obtain those new command with Cygwin? EDIT : I know now I have to install apt-cyg using this …