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You can download the latest JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.
*Pick the self-installing executable corresponding to your O/S type (32 or 64bits)
*Note where you're installing it. Set the Windows System variable JAVA_HOME to this path.
**I removed the user 'JAVA_HOME' variable to prevent the System variable from being overriden.
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Download the self-installing exe from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads
*The most recent 5.1.x is recommended; however, developers are also using 5.5
*Check the box that asks whether you want to include mysql bin directory in the PATH. The option is a checkbox towards the end of the config wizard.
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Ant is available from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
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NB: Test your environment variables by opening a Cygwin shell and typing 'which ant'. This should return the path to the ant executable.
Maven is available from http://maven.apache.org/download.html
To inform the Cygwin environment of where Maven is, update your Windows environment variables.
NB: Test your environment variables by opening a Cygwin shell and typing 'which mvn'. This should return the path to the ant executable.
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