you can always make a bash alias to setup*.exe files in $home/.bashrc cygwin 32bit alias cyg-get="/cygdrive/c/cygwin/setup-x86.exe -q -P" cygwin 64bit alias cyg-get="/cygdrive/c/cygwin64/setup-x86_64.exe -q -P" now you can install packages with cyg-get <package>
package 参数是cygwin里的包名,而非linux里的标准包名