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kou1okada / apt-cyg

Apt-cyg, an apt-get like tool for Cygwin
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cygwin.com package for apt-cyg #108

Open teambob opened 7 months ago

teambob commented 7 months ago

Hi,

I'm happy to write up the package file and be the contact for the cygwin-apps mailing list. Or help you be the contact.

It would be useful to have a cli tool for installing cygwin packages.

-Andrew

kou1okada commented 7 months ago

setup-x86_64.exe can be used from the CLI. https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.setup.cli

teambob commented 7 months ago

So... what's the purpose of apt-cyg then?

kou1okada commented 7 months ago

I think the features of apt-cyg that setup-x86_64.exe does not have (specifically, other than the install command) to be particularly useful.

Unfortunately, however the current install command of apt-cyg does not provide 100% of the features which provided by setup-x86_64.exe.

Currently, the provides: parameter can confuse apt-cyg dependencies (#109). For another example, the install command cannot specify a specific version of a package (#110).

kou1okada commented 7 months ago

We need to resolve at least #109 first, if we want to register apt-cyg as an official Cygwin package.