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apt-cyg --help

NAME

  apt-cyg - package manager utility

SYNOPSIS

  apt-cyg [operation] [options] [targets]

DESCRIPTION

  apt-cyg is a package management utility that tracks installed packages on a
  Cygwin system. Invoking apt-cyg involves specifying an operation with any
  potential options and targets to operate on. A target is usually a package
  name, file name, URL, or a search string. Targets can be provided as command
  line arguments.

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.
  mirror
    Set the mirror; a full URL to a location where the database, packages, and
    signatures for this repository can be found. If no URL is provided, display
    current mirror.
  cache
    Set the package cache directory. If a file is not found in cache directory,
    it will be downloaded. Unix and Windows forms are accepted, as well as
    absolute or regular paths. If no directory is provided, display current
    cache.

OPTIONS

  --nodeps
    Specify this option to skip all dependency checks.
  --version
    Display version and exit.
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