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I cannot find dig command on my Cygwin, nor any package name that would directly point to it. If there is a package containing it, then which one to install?

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The correct package name for Cygwin at least is: bind-utils:

bind-utils package on Cygwin

As you can see I've already installed it. Also to note, there was nothing to configure for dig to work right after installation.

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To find the proper package that contains a specific file, you can always use cygcheck -p to ask the Cygwin server:

$ cygcheck -p bin/dig

Found 6 matches for bin/dig
bind-debuginfo-9.11.5-2.P4 - bind-debuginfo: Debug info for bind
bind-debuginfo-9.11.6-1 - bind-debuginfo: Debug info for bind
bind-debuginfo-9.11.9-1 - bind-debuginfo: Debug info for bind
bind-utils-9.11.5-2.P4 - bind-utils: DNS server and utilities suite
bind-utils-9.11.6-1 - bind-utils: DNS server and utilities suite
bind-utils-9.11.9-1 - bind-utils: DNS server and utilities suite

Additional information source: cygcheck man page:

-p, --package-query search for REGEXP in the entire cygwin.com package repository (requires internet connectivity)

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