You can download additional Unix unitities Wget, Hugo, Xpdf, make, Nano
from here: https://gist.github.com/evanwill/0207876c3243bbb6863e65ec5dc3f058
Wget
- Download the lastest wget binary for windows from eternallybored (they are available as a zip with documentation, or just an exe)
- If you downloaded the zip, extract all (if windows built in zip utility gives an error, use 7-zip).
- Rename the file
wget64.exe
towget.exe
if necessary. - Move
wget.exe
to yourGit\mingw64\bin\
.
Note: I have noticed some bugs when using Wget on Git Bash to create WARC files. For more complex use of Wget, consider Cygwin instead.
Hugo
Hugo static site generator can be downloaded as a binary and does not have a installer.Dropping it into your bin
easily adds it to your Git Bash path.Grab the Windows 64-bit version from the releases page.Unzip the download, then copy hugo.exe
into your Git\mingw64\bin
directory.
Xpdf
Xpdf is a handy utility for manipulating PDF files.
- Download the windows version "Xpdf tools".
- Extract zip.
- Copy the contents of
xpdf-tools-win-4.00\bin64\
into yourGit\mingw64\bin\
. - Check the docs to get started with tools such as
pdftotext
andpdftopng
.
make
- Go to ezwinports.
- Download
make-4.1-2-without-guile-w32-bin.zip
(get the version without guile). - Extract zip.
- Copy the contents to your
Git\mingw64\
merging the folders, but do NOT overwrite/replace any existing files.
Nano
As of 2018, recent versions of Git Bash include Nano, so this is unnecessary!
- Download the Nano binary from Nano win32-support page. You just need the
.exe
file, which is namednano-git-0d9a7347243.exe
(as of this writing). - Rename the file to
nano.exe
, and copy to themingw64\bin
directory. - This version of Nano will not work with Git Bash alone, but can be invoked using
winpty
, for example,winpty nano test.txt
.