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--- useful_cygwin_packages [2011/03/21 08:36] – tkbletsc
+++ useful_cygwin_packages [2011/12/11 16:52] (current) – tkbletsc
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-In addition to [[RXVT - A decent Windows shell]], [[CYGWIN SSH server for Windows]], and [[CYGWIN Cron under Windows]], there are a few useful general purpose cygwin packages:
+====== Useful cygwin packages ======
+In addition to [[MinTTY - A decent native Windows shell]], [[CYGWIN SSH server for Windows]], and [[CYGWIN Cron under Windows]], there are a few useful general purpose cygwin packages:
   * lynx
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   * nano
   * wget
-  * curl
+  * netcat
   * rsync
   * zip
   * unzip
   * vim
+  * chere - Creates "open a shell here" context menu entry for arbitrary shells & terminal emulators
+  * openssh
+  * screen
   * Development:
     * gcc4-core
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     * make
-...probably more
+===== Command-line cygwin package installer =====
+To install additional cygwin packages later on from the command line, you can use [[http://code.google.com/p/apt-cyg/|apt-cyg]], which works like apt-get, but pulls its stuff from the normal cygwin repos.  To install:
+  wget http://apt-cyg.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/apt-cyg
+  chmod +x apt-cyg
+  mv apt-cyg /usr/local/bin/
+To use:
+  apt-cyg install chere