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• The selection of default packages to install is inadequate, because development and common editors are not included.
  • Under 'Devel', select git for 'Install'. Or set the whole 'Develop' category to install. This takes more time, but it is simpler.\
  • Under 'Editors', select vim or emacs depending on which you expect to be available from the Cygwin command line.
  • Under 'UtilsLibs', select genisoimage and mkisofslibsasl2
  • Under 'Net', select ca-certificates
  • Under 'Utils', select genisoimage and mkisofs

• Unfortunately, the download can be slow depending on the mirror you select (~30 min or more).
  • Set unnecessary package categories to 'Uninstall', e.g. KDE and Games.\
• After completing the install, you can run it again.  In that case, it will use the packages you last selected as the defaults.

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