Hello all, I have compiled an alpha/beta version of dpkg-1.9.18 for cygwin. It is intended to support the w32 architecture (e.g. dpkg and/or apt will attempt to retrieve _w32.deb packages when doing apt-get/etc/etc).
You can find the files here: http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net/bootstrap. To Install: download the dpkg-1.9.18_w32.nondebbin.tar.gz If you want to stick with cygwin's md5sum, then you will need to save off /usr/bin/md5sum.exe. If you don't care, then don't bother. I think I have fixed all the scripts to work with cygwin's md5sum. cd /, and extract the tarball. touch /var/lib/dpkg/available touch /var/lib/dpkg/status cp /usr/bin/dpkg.exe /usr/bin/dpkg-deb.exe /usr/bin/dpkg-source to a directory that is first in your path (e.g., I have /sbin first, so I copy them there). This step is necessary, because you can't update running files on NT. download the dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb login as root (Important, since I have not disabled any of the root checks) dpkg -i dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb If you saved off the cygwin version of md5sum, rename it back now delete /sbin/dpkg.exe, /sbin/dpkg-deb.exe and /sbin/dpkg-source You should now be able to do a dpkg -l and see an initialized archive with one entry, your dpkg, version 1.9.18 For help on setting up a "root" environment, read and understand the following: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html For other issues, please run them on/through this list. I will try to answer as soon as I can, as I have probably forgotten something important. Thanks all. The next steps that I hope to accomplish are: - generate a new apt package that fully supports _w32 - create a proper _w32 archive on debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net - create shell/helper packages for the cygwin provided utilities (binutils/ textutils/perl/etc). This will allow for installing other packages without having to override dependencies.
