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In the packages window of CygWin, when I type sshpass, nothing comes up. I tried installing similar packages like openssh etc hoping one of them contains sshpass but no luck.

Oliver Blue
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sshpass is not available as Cygwin package. This means that you need to build and install from source. To build sshpass on Windows (Cygwin):

$ curl -LO http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sshpass/sshpass-1.06.tar.gz
$ md5sum sshpass-1.06.tar.gz
f59695e3b9761fb51be7d795819421f9

Build and install to /usr/local/bin:

$ tar xvf sshpass-1.06.tar.gz
$ cd sshpass-1.06
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Which installs two files

  • the executable /usr/local/bin/sshpass
  • man page /usr/local/share/man/man1/sshpass.1

Your Cygwin install needs to have the required tools: curl to download, tar to extract, and autoconf, make and gcc to build. I'll assume reader familiarity with installing packages on Cygwin.

Nathan
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starfry
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  • @Andrew do share your experience... I found that I [lost output](https://superuser.com/questions/1193146) when I used `sshpass `from a Windows *Command Prompt*. It works fine from a Cygwin terminal, however. – starfry Mar 31 '17 at 08:19
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    If you wish to use `sshpass` from a Windows command prompt then [you may find `cygnative` useful](https://superuser.com/a/1199954). – starfry Apr 19 '17 at 16:15
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    I found that I don't even have `sudo` installed in cygwin, but I was able to get it going without `sudo`.. :) – tplive Feb 19 '19 at 14:31
  • @tplive Can you please elaborate on how you did it? – Palash Dange Apr 17 '20 at 11:52
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    I see this. http://www.cygwin.com/packages/summary/sshpass.html . I just ran ```C:\p2\cygpacks\setup-x86_64.exe -q -n -N -d -R c:\p2\cygwin64 -l c:\p2\cygpacks\cygwin64localpackages -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P sshpass ``` . It installed sshpass. – David Gleba Jun 22 '20 at 14:43
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sshpass is not available as cygwin package. This means that you need to build and install from source. See for reference on existing alternative

https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-02/msg00042.html

matzeri
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This does not directly answer the question "How to install sshpass on Windows?", but can be much easier solution if you need to automatically enter the password when ssh-ing to a machine on Windows system, you can use Plink (part of PuTTY).

plink your_username@yourhost -pw your_password
Marko Vranjkovic
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Window 10 comes with Linux subsystem, you can install a favor of Linux through Windows Store. Then all Linux commands comes easily. sshpass can be easily installed in the subsystem. WSL(Windwos Subsystem for Linux) is the future.

h--n
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    Sure, but I shouldn't need to start (or set up, if I don't have one) a WSL installation, just to automatically use a password with SSH, if I already have a working SSH client on Windows. – Andrew Koster Mar 17 '20 at 02:33