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 apt-cyg
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+**Update:** This package is deprecated in favor of [Sage](https://github.com/svnpenn/sage).
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 apt-cyg is a Cygwin package manager. It includes a command-line installer for
 Cygwin which cooperates with Cygwin Setup and uses the same repository.