Winpack

What's Winpack ?

Winpack is the software I put together when I have to use Windows. It's basically a compressed file with lots of useful binaries. If you are a Unix user you will at home.

List of software

Here's the list of what's included in Winpack

• BIND 9.4.1-P1, it includes dig for DNS troubleshooting
• CDex 1.51, a CD ripping software
• eblook 1.6.1 a dictionary viewer
• Emacs 23.2.1, a text editor
• Gif library 4.1
• GPG 1.4.7, encryption software
• Jpeg library 6b
• Kakasi 2.3.4 a kanji to kana converter
• MSYS/MingW snapshot of 16/12/2010
• Mercurial 1.7.2, a source control system
• Microsoft Resource Kit, tools which include robocopy
• Mplayer 4.2.5, good to listen to music (console only)
• PNG library 1.2.37
• PuTTY 0.60, terminal emulator and ssh
• SysInternals tools, it includes junction to make symbolic link
• Tiff library 3.8.2
• aspell 0.50.3, spell checker with french and English dictionaries
• vim version 7.3, another fine text editor
• w3m 0.5.1, a console browser, works well with emacs

Installation

Download the latest version and unpack the zip file. If you are a console junky like myself you can use 7za in a dos prompt.

7za x winpack.7z

Customize the file called winpack/bin/ivan-nt.bat to your taste. Launch it from you command prompt and you should have all the tools at your disposition.

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