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NB: When you open a Cygwin shell, the Windows environment variables, including PATH, are imported into the shell environment. When we install the following items, we will update the Windows environment variables.

*Note on VI: *If you tried to use vi editor on Cygwin after fresh installation, you may notice that:

No color syntax highlights is provided, Undo stack is only one command size, Backspace in command mode only move cursor back... etc etc.

To mitigate: cp /usr/share/vim/vim73/vimrc_example.vim ~/.vimrc

Step 2) Install the JDK.

You can download the latest JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

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