cyg-apt install rsync

Best backup utility

$ cyg-apt install screen

Terminal multiplexer

$ cyg-apt install xorg-x11-base

X Windows

$ cyg-apt install rxvt-unicode-X

Better Xterm

$ cyg-apt install diffutils

dif

$ cyg-apt install gcc-core

GCC C complier

$ cyg-apt install make

GNU make

$ cyg-apt install xorg-x11-devel

X header and library files for

compilingratpoison or other programs

$ cyg-apt install readline

used for ratpoison

$ cyg-apt install cron

so I can schedule my backups

andupdatedb

$ cyg-apt install ssmtp

Sendmail replacement so cron can

email me

$ cyg-apt install emacs

Terminal version of emacs for quick

editing jobs from the shell