Windows – Installing programs in git bash

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I'm running git bash on windows and I'd like to install some of the linux tools I'm familiar with but apt-get, yum, etc don't appear to work. How can I install programs in git bash?

Best Answer

You can use chocolatey or scoop which will allow you to install software from the command line and they do work on git bash. But if you really want linux software you can install windows 10 then the windows linux subsystem which does allow you to use apt-get if you choose Ubuntu over Opensuse.

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