add tar/gzip to windows command line

Question

As the title says - anyone know of a method to add tar/gzip to the command line in Windows? I\'ve installed Cygwin - but don\'t know if I have to add something to the PATH e

Answer 1

9 years later (2019), a more modern option is to uncompress the latest Git for Windows (like PortableGit-2.17.0-64-bit.7z.exe).
It comes with 250+ linux command compiled for Windows, including tar and gzip.
No Cygwin needed.

But an even more recent option is the Command Line in Windows 10 version 1803: it includes a native tar and curl, right from your regular CMD.
(not gzip though). See announcement.

C:\Users\vonc>C:\Windows\System32\tar.exe --version
bsdtar 3.3.2 - libarchive 3.3.2 zlib/1.2.5.f-ipp

Nothing to install!