cyg-fast is an advanced version of apt-cyg, command-line installer for Cygwin which cooperates with Cygwin Setup and uses the same repository.
Supporting pre-resolving dependencies and parallel-downloading, cyg-fast works faster than apt-cyg.
The syntax is similar to apt-get. Usage examples:
- "cyg-fast install <package names>" to install packages
- "cyg-fast resume-install" to resume interrupted installing
- "cyg-fast remove <package names>" to remove packages
- "cyg-fast update" to update setup.ini
- "cyg-fast show" to show installed packages
- "cyg-fast find <pattern(s)>" to find packages matching patterns
- "cyg-fast describe <pattern(s)>" to describe packages matching patterns
- "cyg-fast packageof <commands or files>" to locate parent packages
- "cyg-fast pathof <cache|mirror|mirrordir|cache/mirrordir>" to show path"
cyg-fast requires the cygwin default environment and optional packages below.
- aria2
cyg-fast is a simple script. Once you have a copy, make it executable:
# chmod +x /bin/cyg-fast
Optionally place cyg-fast in a bin/ folder on your path.
Then use cyg-fast, for example:
# cyg-fast install vim
Aria2 is an advances file downloading tool that allows you to download files with faster speed.
cyg-fast provides multi-connection downloading using aria2.
You can change the maximum number of connections with the --max-connections option.
Let think a case that you want to install the x86 package when you are working under the x86_64 environment. For example:
# cyg-fast --charch x86 install chere
As of 2013-10-26, chere package is provided for only the repository for x86.
Remarks: Of course, you must install both environments of x86_64 and x86, beforehand.
cyg-fast finds all depending packages before downloading and installing.
You can remove all packages depending on packages you want to remove.
Type cyg-fast resume-install to resume interrupted downloading.
You don't need to be annoy with an unstable internet connection...
You can reinstall a package by using cyg-fast --force install <package>
If you are hurrying to install some packages, use --rapid to avoid wasting time
by updating setup.ini, checking certificates, checking signatures, checking MD5s, etc.
This project has been re-published on GitHub to make contributing easier. Feel free to fork and modify this script.
The Google Code project has a list of open issues.
Caution: Please do not merge forks that have incompatible licenses.
Ex.) Merging to the GPL from the MIT is possible. But merging to the MIT from the GPL is impossible.