![]() ![]() $ wget /transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg -P /bin/ Once Cygwin is up and running do the following: $ svn -force export /bin/ You’ll want to install cygwin with the following extra packages, to make sure you can run apt-cyg: You’ll want to install a couple of extra packages required to install apt-cyg. Don’t finish the installation just yet because… An easy mechanism for installing packages Installing Cygwin is easy, but the base install doesn’t come with many packages you can re-run the installer to add more, but if you’re like me and you don’t save your downloads to disk, it can be a bit of a pain. Sometimes I think Microsoft should just buy Cygwin, and make it a first-class citizen of Windows. Have you heard of Cygwin? Cygwin is great. shortcuts to frequently used folders, and some other conveniences.summary information about my git repos, at the command prompt. ![]() an easy mechanism for installing packages.I sat down today to do some programming, and I got a little bit distracted improving my environment, but I think that where I’ve got to is quite good, so I’ll share it with you. If you don’t have Windows 10, Jon L provided the updated details on how to get apt-cyg in the comments, and I’ve ammended this post to include that detail. I think there are other flavours coming soon as well. If you want a unix console on Windows 10, you should go ahead and install Ubuntu from the Windows Store. This post is quite out of date now has been updated thanks to excellent commenters. ![]()
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