Cygwin Dos2Unix Command not found

Question

I am having some problems using cygwin. I am trying to use the dos2unix utility and cygwin is throwing -bash: dos2unix: command not found When I go back into the installer and look through the packages I can't even find dos2unix, yet when I look at cygwin's package list it is clearly there.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Solution 1

You should find dos2unix in the category Utils, Base, or Text. It's easiest to use the search function. If the package is not listed at all, try to use a different mirror.

If you installed this package while your cygwin terminal is still open, do a rehash (depends on you shell) or simply start a new terminal.

Solution 2

Additional option, may be helpful for someone:

To install additional packages in windows from command line you can use your cygwin installer (which you've downloaded to install cygwin, it's gui and all the stuff):

$ setup-x86_64.exe -q -P dos2unix

see this guide for details: http://preshing.com/20141108/how-to-install-the-latest-gcc-on-windows/

Solution 3

apt-cyg install dos2unix if you are in the cygwin Terminal

Solution 4

I had a similar problem that was due to me being extra stupid. In my case, I have both 32 and 64 bits builds of Cygwin installed. I had installed "dos2unix" on the 32 bit version, but not installed it on the 64 bit version. I couldn't understand why the installer seemed to work, but I still couldn't run it!

Advice - don't install both versions of Cygwin. :)

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Comments

[Nolski]

I tried a different mirror and it looks like the one I was previously downloading from simply didn't provide all of the packages. Thanks!

[Admin]

it is now in "text" rather than in Utils.

[Indrajeet Gour]

does not work for me

[Timo]

@IndrajeetGour do you get any error? The post is quite old, I currently do not have cygwin on my windows 10. It should work as the package is updated in 2020.

[user1934428]

Which package do I have to install to get apt-cyg?

[Timo]

@user1934428 do you work with cygwin? here is a solution using wget from transcode-open