Operations

install  Install package(s).remove  Remove package(s) from the system.update  Download a fresh copy of the master package list (setup.ini) from the  server defined in setup.rc.download  Retrieve package(s) from the server, but do not install/upgrade anything.show  Display information on given package(s).depends  Produce a dependency tree for a package.rdepends  Produce a tree of packages that depend on the named package.list  Search each locally-installed package for names that match regexp. If no  package names are provided in the command line, all installed packages will  be queried.listall  This will search each package in the master package list (setup.ini) for  names that match regexp.category  Display all packages that are members of a named category.listfiles  List all files owned by a given package. Multiple packages can be specified  on the command line.search  Search for downloaded packages that own the specified file(s). The path can  be relative or absolute, and one or more files can be specified.searchall  Search cygwin.com to retrieve file information about packages. The provided  target is considered to be a filename and searchall will return the  package(s) which contain this file.

Quick start

lynx -source rawgit.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg > apt-cyginstall apt-cyg /bin

apt-cyg install nano